USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13)

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of World War II veteran[6][7] and civil rights activist Medgar Evers (1925–63). The Navy announced the naming on 9 October 2009.[1] National Steel and Shipbuilding Company started construction on 15 April 2010,[8] and laid her keel on 26 October 2010 in San Diego.[3][9] Gina Buzby, wife of Rear Admiral Mark Buzby, MSC commander, was the keel-laying ceremony honoree.[8]

Medgar Evers on the Firth of Clyde, 2018
History
Namesake: Medgar Evers[1]
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding[2]
Laid down: 26 October 2010[3]
Launched: 29 October 2011[4]
Sponsored by: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Christened: 12 November 2011[5]
In service: 24 April 2012
Identification:
Status: Active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Displacement:
  • 23,852 tons light,
  • 40,298 tons full,
  • 16,446 tons dead[2][3]
Length:
  • 210 m (689 ft) overall,
  • 199.3 m (654 ft) waterline[2][3]
Beam:
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) waterline[2][3]
Draft:
  • 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
  • 9.4 m (31 ft) limit[2][3]
Installed power: FM/MAN B&W diesel generators[2][3]
Propulsion:
  • Integrated propulsion and 6.6 kV ship service electrical system
  • 1 × fixed pitch propeller
  • 1 × bow thruster[2][3]
Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)[3]
Capacity:
  • Max dry cargo weight: 5,910 long tons (6,000 t)
  • Max dry cargo volume: 783,000 cu ft (22,200 m3)
  • Max cargo fuel weight:2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
  • Cargo fuel volume: 18,000 imp bbl (2,900 m3)
  • (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Troops: 36 military, 13 for helicopter detachment[3]
Complement: 36 military, 123 civilian[2]
Crew: 126[3]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Super Puma
Aviation facilities: 1 helipad

Medgar Evers was launched on 29 October 2011, and christened on 12 November, sponsored by Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams.[4] Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of Medgar Evers on 24 April 2012.[10] Medgar Evers helped transfer stores to the USS Harry S. Truman in 2016.[11]

References
  1. "Navy Names Ship After Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers". Navy News Service. 9 October 2009. NNS091009-16.
  2. "Medgar Evers". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. Priolo, Gary P. (17 December 2010). "USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13)". Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. Robbins, Gary (12 November 2011). "Medgar Evers' widow christens Navy ship". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  5. "Navy launching USNS Medgar Evers on Sat". Hartford Business Journal. New England Business Media. 11 November 2011.
  6. "Medgar Evers". The University of Mississippi English Department. 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. Department of Defense Public Affairs. "New T-AKE named for Civil Rights activist". Military Sealift Command. Washington Navy Yard, DC. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. "T-AKE 13: USNS Medgar Evers Photo Gallery". NASSCO/General Dynamics Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  9. "General Dynamics NASSCO Lays Keel of Future USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13)". PR Newswire (Press release). General Dynamics NASSCO. 26 October 2010.
  10. Mitchell, Jerry (12 November 2011). "Christening of Navy ship gives Evers' widow peace". The Clarion-Ledger.
  11. https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/14125


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