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The ''Queenston'' class is a class of naval auxiliaries for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).〔 The class began as the Joint Support Ship Project, a Government of Canada procurement project for the RCN that is part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. It will see the RCN acquire two multi-role vessels to replace the auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) vessels currently operated by the RCN.〔 Canadian Forces, ( Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship and Joint Support Ship ) 〕 The project has suffered from considerable delays. Originally announced in 2004, a contract for the construction of these ships was to have been signed in 2009 which would have seen the first vessel available for operational service in 2012. In 2010 the federal government grouped the Joint Support Ship Project under the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy which was finalized in October 2011. Currently the federal government is in contract negotiations with the winning proponent Seaspan Marine Corporation for building the Joint Support Ship Project and several other non-combat ship procurements for the RCN and the Canadian Coast Guard. On 2 June 2013, it was announced that ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Canada's AOR was selected as the design for the Joint Support Ship Project.〔(Backgrounder: Joint Support Ship Design Decision ) 〕 In order to speed construction of the ''Queenston''-class naval auxiliaries, the delivery of the new polar icebreaker, , will be delayed until the 2020s. ==Class name== On 25 October 2013, the Minister of National Defence announced the JSS has been named ''Queenston'' class with two ships named, and . Their namesakes are the Battle of Queenston Heights and the Battle of Châteauguay, two battles during the War of 1812. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queenston-class auxiliary vessel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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