DIAMOND Refuels from USNS LARAMIE – At the start of the Type 45 Destroyer DIAMOND’s Gulf mission which will last for the second half of 2012.     The USNS LARAMIE is the seventeenth (17) ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class of Replenishment Oiler, delivered in 1996.   At 42,672 tonnes full load the USNS LARAMIE is considerably larger that the “Wave” Class of Royal Fleet Auxiliary which come in at 31,500 tonnes full load.