USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 18 July 2003 |
| Laid down: | 15 July 2006 |
| Launched: | est. April 2007 |
| Commissioned: | est. October 2007 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 23852 tons light, 40298 tons full, 16446 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 |
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| Complement: | 31 officers, 141 enlisted |
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| Aircraft: | two helicopters |
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USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) will be a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for the polar explorer, Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd.
The contract to build her was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 18 July 2003. She is scheduled to be part of the Pacific Fleet.
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Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register and press releases.
| Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
| Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea | Alan Shepard | Richard E. Byrd | Robert E. Peary | T-AKE-6 | T-AKE-7 | T-AKE-8 |
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy |
