USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13)
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| Name: | Medgar Evers |
| Namesake: | Medgar Evers[1] |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding[2] |
| Status: | named |
| 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 Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a planned Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of World War II veteran[3] and civil rights activist Medgar Evers. The Navy announced the naming on 9 October 2009. Medgar Evers is slated to be built by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Navy Names Ship After Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers". Navy News Service. 9 October 2009. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=48880. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Medgar Evers". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/ake13.htm. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ Mississippi Writers Page [1] on Evers
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