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USS McKee (AS-41)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Uniform - Alpha
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Emory S. Land Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down, 14 January 1978, at Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 16 February 1980
  • Commissioned USS McKee (AS-41), 15 August 1981, CAPT. D. S. Gorham, in command
  • Decommissioned, 1 October 1999
  • Laid up at NISMF, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 April 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,911 t.(lt), 22,978 t.(fl)
    Length 649'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 29' (max)
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement 1,500
    Armament
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two boilers, steam turbine, single shaft, 20,000shp
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    McKee 61k USS McKee (AS-41) underway, date and location unknown.
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    McKee 126k Washtucna (YTB-826) maneuvering USS Tunny (SSN-682) alongside USS McKee (AS-41) at Naval Station Adak, AK., date unknown. Courtesy Tom Jordan
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