USNS Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers on the Firth of Clyde, 2018
History
NamesakeMedgar Evers
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding
Laid down26 October 2010
Launched29 October 2011
Sponsored byMyrlie Evers-Williams
Christened12 November 2011
In service24 April 2012
Identification
StatusActive service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & typeLewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Tonnage
  • Gross 43,758
  • Net 13,127
Displacement
  • 25,254 metric tons light
  • 44,776 metric tons fully loaded
Length689 ft (210 m)
Beam106 ft (32 m)
Draft32 ft (10 m) maximum
Installed power4 x Fairbanks Morse/MAN 48/60 diesel generators
Propulsion
  • 2 x 11,262 HP Alstom electric motors
  • 1 fixed pitch propeller
Speed20 kn (37 km/h)
Range14,000 nmi (26,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Capacity
  • Max dry cargo weight: 6,675 short tons (6,055 t)
  • Max cargo fuel volume: 1,048,300 US gal (3,968 m3)
Complement49 military, 123 civilian
Aircraft carried2 × helicopters, Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk or equivalent
Aviation facilities1 helipad, 2 hangars

USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy. As part of the Navy's Combat Logistics Force, her mission is to deliver ammunition, provisions, dry stores, refrigerated food, spare parts, potable water, and diesel and jet fuel to U.S. Navy and allied ships while at sea. The ship is named for civil rights movement activist Medgar Evers, a World War II veteran who was assassinated in 1963. The Navy announced the naming on 9 October 2009.

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