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Gulf Island Shipyards Wins $130 Million For Two T-ATS Ships

Friday, March 27th, 2020

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Gulf Island Shipyards Wins $130 Million For Two T-ATS Ships

Artist concept of the Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS). (Image: Gulf Island Shipyards LLC)

Naval Sea Systems Command last week awarded Gulf Island Shipyards LLC a $130 million modification to exercise options to build two more Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS). The contract announcement from March 25 noted this award also covers the performance of unique item identification on the T-ATS 6-class ship program. The mod itself includes options for associated support efforts related to the ship design and construction for special studies, engineering and industrial services, provisioned items orders, unique item…

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