Austal launches 6th JHSV
The Austal-USA shipyard launched the recently
christened USNS Brunswick on May 19. It is the shipbuilder's sixth Joint High
Speed Vessel under a 10-ship, $1.6 billion contract with the Navy's Military
Sealift Command. It was also the second Navy ship launched from the Mobile,
Ala., shipyard in a little more than three months (Jan. 10). USNS Brunswick will
begin final outfitting and testing before sea trials and delivery to the by the
end of 2015. (Mobile
Register 05/20/15) http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2015/05/austal_usa_launches_usns_trent.html