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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7)

Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship:

Laid down, 2 November 2007, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA.

Launch and Christen, 18 September 2008, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, CA.

Accepted by the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command as USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7), 3 March 2009.

Home port, San Diego, CA.

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

Size	Image Description	Source
261k	Namesake Carl Brashear Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, (left) who joined the U.S. Navy in 1948 and was a Navy pioneer, becoming one of the first African-Americans to graduate from the Navy Diving School and the first to qualify and serve as a master diver on active duty. After being severely injured in a diving accident, Brashear's leg was amputated. Almost two years later, after strenuous rehabilitation and rigorous testing, he became the first person to be certified or recertified to dive as an amputee. On the right is Cuba Gooding Jr. the actor that played Brashear in the film "Men of Honor" in the year 2000. Photo courtesy of Southeastern Louisiana University	Bill Gonyo
3093k	Stern view of *USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** while under construction at NASSCO San Diego, 14 April 2008. Photo from NASSCO	Mary Mongomery Public Relations Specialist II, General Dynamics NASSCO
2972k	Stern view of *USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** while under construction at NASSCO San Diego, 25 April 2008. Photo from NASSCO	Mary Mongomery Public Relations Specialist II, General Dynamics NASSCO
974k	Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Joe R. Campa Jr. addresses the crowd at the christening ceremony for *USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** held at General Dynamics NASSCO. MCPON was the principal speaker for the event, which also included remarks from Mr. Frederick Harris, President of General Dynamics NASSCO, Master Chief Kenneth Green, Command Master Chief of Military Sealift Command, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead. US Navy photo # 080918-N-9818V-172 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) MC1 Jennifer A. Villalovos.	Robert M. Cieri and Douglas Brown
993k	Lauren Brashear, eldest granddaughter of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Carl Brashear, holds a ceremonial bottle of champagne before christening USNS Carl Brashear, 18 September 2008. US Navy photo by MC1 Jennifer A. Villalovos.	Bill Gonyo
643k	The Matrons of Honor, Sandra Brashear and Joy Harris, along with the ship's sponsor, Lauren Brashear launch the Military Sealift Command (MSC) auxiliary dry cargo carrier, *USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7) during the christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, 18 September 2008. The Brashear** honors Master Chief Boatswain's Mate (Master Diver) Carl M. Brashear, one of the first black deep-sea divers and Master Divers and the first U.S. Navy diver to be restored to full active duty as an amputee. US Navy photo # 080918-N-8273J-139 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) MC1 Tiffini M. Jones.	Robert M. Cieri and Douglas Brown
432k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7) slides into the San Diego Bay during the christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. To the left of Carl Brashear is USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8)** on the building ways. US Navy photo # 080918-N-8273J-145 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) MC1 Tiffini M. Jones.	Douglas Brown
1144k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** launches into San Diego harbor during her christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, 18 September 2008. US Navy photo from MSC web site.	TJ Tropia
786k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7) slides into San Diego Bay during her christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, 18 September 2008. To the left of USNS Carl Brashear, still on the building ways, is USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8)*. US Navy photo # 080918-N-7643B-081 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7)* MC3 David A. Brandenburg.	Robert M. Cieri and Douglas Brown
1698k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** launches into San Diego harbor during her christening and launching ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, 18 September 2008. US Navy photo # 080918-N-7643B-093 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 18, 2008) USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) MC3 David A. Brandenburg.	Robert M. Cieri and Douglas Brown
1336k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** fitting out at NASSCO, San Diego, CA., 7 March 2009.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
820k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** moored at pier 27, at the foot of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA., 11 April 2009.	Photo by Capt. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
1746k	*USNS Carl Brashear* (T-AKE-7)** underway in San Diego Bay, 16 May 2009	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
392k	CDR. H. B. Le, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer *USS Lassen* (DDG-82), instructs ENS. Maynard Malixi to steer the ship during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7)*. US Navy photo # 091106-N-1251W-034 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 6, 2009)* by MC2 Matthew R. White.	Robert M. Cieri