USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Lead of the class John Lewis in 2022. Ruth Bader Ginsburg would look nearly identical.
History
United States
Name	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Namesake	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Awarded	2022
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California
Identification	Hull number: T-AO-212
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type	John Lewis-class replenishment oiler
Displacement	22,515 t (22,159 long tons)
Length	746 ft (227 m)
Beam	106 ft (32 m)
Draft	33.5 ft (10.2 m)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	99 civilian mariners

USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg (T-AO-212) will be a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler planned to be operated by the Military Sealift Command to logistically support the United States Navy. She was laid down in 2022 and is named after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  

History

Like the rest of her sister ships, the John Lewis class is intended to replace the older Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oilers and is heavily based on the former's design. As replenishment oilers, the vessels are operated by Military Sealift Command to transport fuel and cargo to warships at sea to extend their range and capabilities.

Initially designated only by the hull number T-AO-212, the vessel was ordered in 2022 from the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) alongside Thurgood Marshall (T-AO-211) and Harriet Tubman (T-AO-213). The three vessels formed the second batch of oilers ordered from the shipyard. The ship was named in 2022 after Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which followed a theme of naming the oilers after activists. Her keel was laid down on 13 February 2026 at NASSCO's shipyard in San Diego, California.