USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7)
USNS Carl Brashear in 2009
USNS 'Carl Brashear in 2009
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Awarded: | 11 January 2005 |
Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding |
Laid down: | 2 November 2007 |
Launched: | 18 September 2008 |
In service: | 4 March 2009 |
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Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
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Class & type: | Lewis and Clark-class cargo ship |
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Propulsion: | Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6 kV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
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Complement: | 123 civilian |
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Aircraft carried: | two helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Puma |
USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Carl Brashear (1931–2006), the first African-American to become a US Navy Master Diver, despite having lost a leg in the 1966 Palomares incident.
The contract to build Carl Brashear was awarded to General Dynamics's subsidiary National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on January 11, 2005. Her keel was laid down on November 2, 2007. The completed ship was delivered to the Navy on March 4, 2009.[2]
During Operation Tomodachi, Carl Brashear loaded more than 800 pallets of humanitarian cargo at Sasebo's Juliet pier on March 20 and set sail later that day to join the Navy ships operating off northern Japan. Brashear completed 17 underway replenishment missions, delivering more than 1 million gallons (3,800 m³) of fuel to ships supporting Tomodachi.[3]
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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