USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | César Chávez |
| Awarded: | 26 February 2010 |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 9 May 2011 |
| Launched: | 5 May 2012 |
| Sponsored by: | Helen Chavez |
| In service: | 24 October 2012 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lewis and Clark-class cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 41,000 tons (41,700 t) |
| Length: | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Beam: | 105.6 ft (32.2 m) |
| Draft: | 29.9 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6 kV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity: | Max dry cargo weight: 5,910 LT (6,000 t) Max dry cargo volume: 783,000 cu ft (22,200 m3) Max cargo fuel weight: 2,350 LT (2,390 t) Cargo fuel volume: 18,000 bbl (2,900 m3) (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500) |
| Complement: | 49 military, 123 civilian |
| Aircraft carried: | two helicopters |
USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the first ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Cesar Chavez (1927–93), labor leader and civil rights activist.[1] Mr. Chávez joined the Navy at the age of seventeen in 1944 during World War II, and served for two years.[2]
Cesar Chavez 's keel was laid down on 9 May 2011 by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego.[3] The ship was launched on 5 May 2012.[4]
Notes
- ↑ "Navy Names Ship for Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez". Navy News Service. 18 May 2011. NNS110518-24. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ Tejada-Flores, Rick. "The Fight in the Fields – Cesar Chávez and the Farmworkers Struggle". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ↑ "Cesar Chavez (AKE 14)". Naval Vessel Register. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Mitchell, Jeff; Fellman, Sam (21 December 2011). "Naming Navy ship after Cesar Chavez makes waves". The Salinas Californian.
External links
Media related to USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) at Wikimedia Commons
- Photo gallery of USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) at NavSource Naval History
- "T-AKE 14: USNS Cesar Chavez Photo Gallery". NASSCO/General Dynamics Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-14.