Avondale Shipyard
"Joshua Humphreys", the second ship of the "Henry J. Kaiser" class, was specially built for the Military Sealift Command (MSC). She was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 17 December 1984 and launched on 22 February 1986. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service with a primarily civilian crew on 3 April 1987.