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Austal USA Launches First Steel Ship, the Navajo-class T-ATS 11

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Austal USA Launches First Steel Ship, the Navajo-class T-ATS 11
The future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11) Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship ship before it was launched into the water in June 2025. (Photo: Austal USA)

Austal USA this month launched its first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11). T-ATS 11 is the first of five Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship ships the shipyard is building for the Navy. The company noted this is the first steel product at the company’s new “state-of-the-art automated steel panel line.” Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard previously focused on the aluminum Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, but now has shifted to steel ships like T-ATS, producing modules…

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