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USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13)

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) in the Arabian Sea in 2013.jpg
Medgar Evers in the Arabian Sea, 2013
History
Namesake: Medgar Evers
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding
Laid down: 26 October 2010
Launched: 29 October 2011
Sponsored by: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Christened: 12 November 2011
In service: 24 April 2012
Identification:
Status: Active service
Badge: USNS Medgar Evers T-AKE-13 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Displacement:
  • 23,852 tons light,
  • 40,298 tons full,
  • 16,446 tons dead
Length:
  • 210 m (689 ft) overall,
  • 199.3 m (654 ft) waterline
Beam:
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) waterline
Draft:
  • 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
  • 9.4 m (31 ft) limit
Installed power: FM/MAN B&W diesel generators
Propulsion:
  • Integrated propulsion and 6.6 kV ship service electrical system
  • 1 × fixed pitch propeller
  • 1 × bow thruster
Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Capacity:
  • Max dry cargo weight: 5,910 long tons (6,000 t)
  • Max dry cargo volume: 783,000 cu ft (22,200 m3)
  • Max cargo fuel weight:2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
  • Cargo fuel volume: 18,000 imp bbl (2,900 m3)
  • (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Troops: 36 military, 13 for helicopter detachment
Complement: 36 military, 123 civilian
Crew: 126
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Super Puma
Aviation facilities: 1 helipad

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of World War II veteran and civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–63). The Navy announced the naming on 9 October 2009.National Steel and Shipbuilding Company started construction on 15 April 2010, and laid her keel on 26 October 2010 in San Diego. Gina Buzby, wife of Rear Admiral Mark Buzby, MSC commander, was the keel-laying ceremony honoree. It helped transfer stores to the USS Harry S. Truman in 2016.

Medgar Evers was launched on 29 October 2011, and christened on 12 November, sponsored by Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams. Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of Medgar Evers on 24 April 2012.



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