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USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Whiskey - Yankee
 NBWY
Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 June 2005, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 24 June 2006
  • Delivered to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), 27 February 2007
    Specifications:
    Displacement 35,400 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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    Sacagawea 695k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) on the builders ways while under construction at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA., 1 June 2006.
    NASSCO photo.    		 Mary Montgomery, General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, California.
    Sacagawea 289K Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) Launching Program, 24 June 2006, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Sacagawea 348k Descendants of Sacagawea participate in the launching and christening of the US Navy's newest Dry Cargo/Ammunition ship Sacagawea (T-AKE-2), 24 June 2006, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.
    Military Sealift Command photo.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Sacagawea 55k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) launching, 24 June 2006, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.
    Photo © 2006 by Donald W. Larson www.timeoutofmind.com and used with his written permission.    		 TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
    Sacagawea 445k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) launching, 24 June 2006, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Sacagawea 352k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) launching, 24 June 2006, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Sacagawea 495k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) underway off San Diego during builders trials, date unknown.
    NASSCO photo.    		 Mary Montgomery, General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, California.
    Sacagawea 435k Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) underway leaving San Diego Bay during builders trials, date unknown.
    NASSCO photo.    		 Mary Montgomery, General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, California.
    Sacagawea 71k USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) transiting San Francisco Bay, March 30, 2007. Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
    Sacagawea 78k USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) mooring at Naval Station Norfolk, 11 May 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070511-N-7653W-030 Norfolk, Va. (May 11, 2007) by MCSN Justin K. Williams.    		 Lee Wahler
    Sacagawea 212k USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) dockside at Naval Station Norfolk VA., 22 October 2007. Photo by ©Marc Piché Vercheres, Quebec, Canada. TJ Tropea, courtesy Marc Piché
    Sacagawea 1502k USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) steams between the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1), front, and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD-42) while conducting a vertical replenishment with both ships in the Persian Gulf, 18 March 2008f.
    US Navy photo # 080318-N-8335D-787 PERSIAN GULF (March 18, 2008) by MC1 Richard Doolin     		Lee Wahler
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
    Navy Fact File - Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ships - T-AKE
    General Dynamics - NASSCO - Louis and Clark (T-AKE-1) Class Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship Fact Sheet
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