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USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - November - Charlie NLNC

Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship:

Laid down, 22 April 2004, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 21 May 2005

Delivered to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1), 20 June 2006

Specifications:
Displacement 41,000 long tons (fl.)
Length 689 feet
Beam 106 feet
Draft 29.5 feet
Complement

124 CivMar

36 Military + 13 for helicopter detachment
Armament
Cargo Capacities

Max Dry Cargo Weight 5,910 long tons

Max Dry Cargo Volume 783,000 square feet

Max Cargo Fuel Weight 2,350 long tons)

Cargo Fuel Volume 18,000 barrels (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Propulsion

Main machinery - Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6KV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster.

Speed 20 knots

Range 14,000 nautical miles at 20 knots

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Namesakes
	350k	Namesake Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis was born 18August 1774 in Albemarle County, Va. Much of his boyhood was spent learning the ways of wildlife and Indian lore. When he was 20 years old he was called to active duty during the “Whiskey Rebellion” in October 1794. After joining the Regular Army, he marched to Greenville, Ohio, the following year to view the signing of the Northwest Treaty. During this mission he was a subordinate of William Clark, his future companion in exploring the West. Following Thomas Jefferson’s election, Lewis was offered the post of private secretary, and he became overseer of Jefferson’s domestic arrangements. In 1803, when Congress appropriated funds for exploring the West, Lewis went to Philadelphia to organize the expedition. As his companion officer he chose William Clark. Clark was born 1 August 1770 in Caroline County, Va. Like Lewis, he was brought up in the revolutionary spirit and spent some of his early years defending against marauding Indians. Designed to find a land route to the Pacific, the expedition mustered in Illinois in 1804 and for the next 28 months proceeded to gain invaluable information about the unknown parts of the continent and its Indian inhabitants. The exploring party returned to St. Louis in September 1806. For the rest of their lives Lewis and Clark dedicated their abilities to administration of the U.S. territories and gave valuable service in Indian affairs. Meriwether Lewis died 11 October 1809 and William Clark died 1 September 1838. Oil painting by Edgar Samuel Paxson, 1912 from The Granger Collection, New York, courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society.	Bill Gonyo
USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
	42k	Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1) on the building ways at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Photo © NASSCO	TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
	83k	Jane Lewis Sale Henley, left, and Lisa Clark, descendants of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, christen the first of MSC"s dry cargo/ammunition ships *USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** 21 May 2005, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. US Navy photo from MSC’s Annual Report 2005.	Bill Gonyo
	97k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** launching, 21 May 2005, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Photo © NASSCO	TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
	56k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** launching, 21 May 2005, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.	TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
	69k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** launching, 21 May 2005, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Photo © NASSCO	TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
	73k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** while under construction at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Military Sealift Command photo	Lee Wahler
	388k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** at the fitting out pier NASSCO, San Diego, CA., January 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	43k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** departs General Dynamics NASSCO's pier on the morning of Tuesday, 25 April 2006, for its first sea trials. Military Sealift Command photo.	Lee Wahler
	407k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** at the fitting out pier NASSCO, San Diego, CA., May 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	53k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** underway off San Diego during acceptance trials circa April to June 2006.	Lee Wahler
	52k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** passing south of Alcatraz Island while in San Francisco Bay, 14 July 2006.	Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
	64k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** prepares to moor at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 8 September 2006. US Navy photo # 060908-N-7653W-032 Norfolk, Va. (Sept. 8, 2006) by MCSN Seaman Justan K. Williams.	Navy Newsstand
	83k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1)** prepares to moor at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 8 September 2006. US Navy photo # 060908-N-6827R-015 Norfolk, Va. (Sept. 8, 2006) by MCSN Scott C. Rancilio.	Navy Newsstand
	132k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 14 December 2006, while conducting a vertical replenishment with USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)** in the Atlantic Ocean. US Navy photo # 061214-N-9708H-146 Atlantic Ocean (Dec. 14, 2006) by MCSN Zach Hernandez.	Navy Newsstand
	3360k	An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to *Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26* conducts a vertical replenishment from *USNS Mount Baker* (T-AE-34), (left) while USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1) (center), prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with Mount Baker and (right) the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)** in the Atlantic Ocean, 17 Dece3mber 2006. US Navy photo # 061217-N-9708H-028 Atlantic Ocean (Dec.17 2006) by MCSN Zach Hernandez.	Robert M. Cieri
	98k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1) underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 7 February 2007 while conducting a vertical replenishment with USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)** transits towards them. US Navy photo # 070207-N-9362D-002 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 7, 2007) by MC3 Randall Damm.	Navy Newsstand
	71k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1) prepares to come alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), in the Atlantic Ocean , 7 February 2007. - Snow blankets the flight deck of Harry S. Truman as crew members prepare for an ammunition onload from Lewis and Clark*. US Navy photo # 070207-N-9475M-029 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 7, 2007)* by MC3 Mari Matsumoto.	Navy Newsstand
	41k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE-1) transits alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)** while awaiting shot lines during a replenishment at sea (RAS), while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 7 February 2007.. US Navy photo # 070207-N-9475M-045 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 7, 2007) by MC3 Mari Matsumoto.	Navy Newsstand
	79k	Operations Specialist 3rd Class Jeana Mullen talks on a sound-powered telephone as *USS Harry S. Truman* (CVN 75) pulls alongside USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 7 February 2007. This was Lewis and Clark*'s inaugural UNREP. US Navy photo # 070207-N-8923M-016 Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 7, 2007)* by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.	Navy Newsstand
	178k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE 1)** being assisted out of the Norfolk deperming station by Moran tugs, 29 May 2007. Photo by ©Marc Piché Vercheres, Quebec, Canada.	TJ Tropea, Courtesy Marc Piché
	441k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE 1)** arrives for a port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 24 July 2007. Note the harbor security boat patrolling in the foreground. US Navy photo # 070724-N-0780F-001 SOUDA BAY, Crete, Greece (July 24, 2007) by Mr. Paul Farley.	Lee Wahler
	538k	USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) arrives for a port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 24 July 2007. US Navy photo # 070724-N-0780F-002 SOUDA BAY, Crete, Greece (July 24, 2007) by Mr. Paul Farley.	Lee Wahler
	626k	*USNS Lewis and Clark* (T-AKE 1)** moored at the NATO pier, Augusta Bay, Sicily, in January 2008.	Photo by Maurizio Chiaro