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chant ships. They will transfer cargo (ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items, and expendable supplies and material) to ships and other naval warfare forces at sea.

Lewis and Clark is 689 ft. (210 m) long, has an overall beam of 105 ft. (32.2 m), a navigational draft of 30 ft. (9 m), and displaces approximately 41,000 tons. Powered by a single-shaft diesel- electric propulsion system, the ship can reach a speed of 20 knots.

About the T-AKE

The Lewis and Clark-class T-AKE is a new Combat Logistics Force (CLF)

Underway Replenishment Naval vessel intended to replace the current capabili- ty of the Kilauea-Class (T-AE 26)

Ammunition Ship, Mars-Class (T-AFS 1) Combat Stores Ships, and when oper- ating in concert with a Henry J. Kaiser-

Class (T-AO 187) Oiler ship, the

Sacramento-Class (AOE 1) Fast Combat

Support Ship. The T-AKE Program calls for 12 ships and has a budget of approx- imately $4 billion. The program resides within the Navy's Program Executive

Office, Expeditionary Warfare - Support

Ships Boats and Craft Program Office (PEO EXW/PMS 325).

As an auxiliary support ship, T-AKE will directly contribute to the ability of the Navy to maintain a forward pres- ence. In its primary mission role, the T-

AKE will provide logistic lift from sources of supply such as friendly ports, or at sea from specially equipped mer- chant ships by consolidation, and will transfer cargo (ammunition, food, limit- ed quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items, and expendable supplies and material) at sea to station ships and other naval warfare forces. In its secondary mission, the T-AKE may be required to operate in concert with a Henry J.

Kaiser-Class (T-AO 187) Oiler as a sub- stitute station ship to provide direct logistics support to the ships within a

Carrier Battle Group.

The primary goal of the T-AKE pro- gram is to provide effective fleet under- way replenishment capability at the low- est life cycle cost. To meet that goal, the ship will be designed and constructed to commercial specifications & standards and certified/classed by the American

Bureau of Shipping, United States Coast

Guard, and other regulatory bodies. The ships will be operated by the Military

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Lewis and Clark Class Main Particulars

Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .689 ft. (210 m)

Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 ft. (32.31 m)

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.5 ft. (8.99 m)

Full Load Displacement . . . . . . . . . .40,539 long ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (41,187.62 metric tons)

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 knots (23 mph)

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,000 nm @ 20 knots

Max Dry Cargo Volume . . . . . . . . . .1,388,000 cu. ft.

Max Cargo Fuel Volume . . . . . . . . . . .26,000 barrels

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