USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5)
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| Ordered: | 27 January 2004 |
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| 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 Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) will be a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for polar explorer, Rear Admiral Robert Peary.
The contract to build her was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 27 January 2004.
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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 |
