USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12)

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Career
Name: William McLean
Namesake: William McLean[1]
Awarded: 12 December 2008[2]
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding[2]
Laid down: 26 March 2010
Launched: 2011 (scheduled)
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Lewis and Clark-class cargo ship
Displacement: 23,852 tons light,
40,298 tons full,
16,446 tons dead[2]
Length: 210 m (689 ft) overall,
199.3 m (654 ft) waterline[2]
Beam: 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
32.3 m (106 ft) waterline[2]
Draft: 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
9.4 m (31 ft) limit[2]
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[2]
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nautical miles at 20 kt
(26,000 km at 37 km/h)
Capacity: • Max dry cargo weight:
  5,910 long tons (6,005 t)
• Max dry cargo volume:
  783,000 cubic feet (22,000 m³)
• Max cargo fuel weight:
  2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
• Cargo fuel volume:
  18,000 barrels (2,900 m³)
  (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Complement: 49 military, 123 civilian[2]
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
Nulka decoy launchers
Armament: 2–6 × 12.7 mm machine guns
or 7.62 mm medium machine guns
Aircraft carried: two helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Super Puma

USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of William McLean. The contract to build William McLean was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company on 12 December 2008.[2]

References

  1. "Navy Names Four Ships After American Pioneers". Military Sealift Command. 2 December 2008. http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00p/pressrel/press08/press52.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "William McLean". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/ake12.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2009. 

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