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By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The memo calls for Navy Secretary John Phelan to select a new name for the fleet oiler.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
The Japanese identified the warships as the PLA Navy’s Guiyang and Qiqihar, along with the fleet oiler Taihu, spotted Friday near Rebun island near Hokkaido.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2023
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler ship designed to carry fuel to the Navy’s operating carrier strike groups, the Navy said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
He said, “I come to oiler my respects.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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