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USS McKee (AS-41)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Uniform - Alpha
 NGUA
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) - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2) - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - 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.
    US Navy photo    		  
    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
    USS Tunny (SSN-682) web site
    McKee 152k
    McKee 125k
    McKee 276k Overhead view of USS McKee (AS-41) underway at Vancouver, B.C., 9 April 1989.
    Photo courtesy Rick Garcia.    		 Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
    There is no DANFS history available for McKee (AS-41) at NavSource

    For more photos and information about USS McKee, see;
  • Submarine Tenders of the United States Navy
  • Launching Program contributed by S. Dale Hargrave
  • Commanding Officers
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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