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Keel Authenticated for Future USNS Lucy Stone
August 08, 2023
SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news:

The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy's 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's (GD NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, August 8.

A keel laying is the recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is the union of a ship's modular components and the authentica . . .

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