USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 16 July 2002 |
| Laid down: | February 14, 2006 |
| Launched: | December 6, 2006 |
| Commissioned: | |
| 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 |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft diesel-electric |
| Speed: | 20 kt |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 31 officers, 141 enlisted |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | two helicopters |
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USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) will be a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for astronaut, Rear Admiral Alan Shepard.
The contract to build her was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 16 July 2002. Construction began on September 13, 2005. She was launched December 6, 2006. 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 |
