The vessel is the sixth built by NASSCO under the John Lewis-Class fleet oiler program, which will eventually number 20 ships crewed by civilians that replenish Navy warships at sea. Before the ...

WASHINGTON, April 25--The United States 6th Fleet steamed to the eastern Mediterranean today in what officials described as a show of force intended to support the threatened government of Jordan.

The commissioning of the boats during a ceremony Thursday in the capital city Tunis is the most recent U.S. equipment contribution to Tunisia, 6th Fleet said in a statement the same day.