USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
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| Ordered: | 18 October 2001 | |
| Laid down: | 15 September 2004 | |
| Launched: | 24 June 2006 | |
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| Displacement: | 23852 tons light, 40298 tons full, 16446 tons dead | |
| Length: | 210 m (689 ft) overall, 199.3 m (654 ft) waterline | |
| Beam: | 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme, 32.3 m (106 ft) waterline | |
| Draft: | 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum, 9.4 m (31 ft) limit | |
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| Complement: | 31 officers, 141 enlisted | |
| Armament: | 2-6 12.7mm machine guns or 7.62mm medium machine guns | |
| Aircraft: | two helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Super Puma | |
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USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, was the third ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and one of the few United States Navy ships named for women.
The contract to build her was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 18 October 2001. Construction began in September of 2004 for a scheduled delivery in early 2007.
She will be launched on 24 June 2006. Two of Sacagawea's descendants, Lucy Diaz and Rachel Ariwite, are the ship's sponsors.
This vessel is the only USNS Sacagawea. However, other U.S. Navy vessels have been named USS Sacagawea.
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Based on data from the Naval Vessel Register and press releases.
| Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship |
| Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea | Alan Shepard | Richard E. Byrd | Robert E. Peary | T-AKE-6 | T-AKE-7 | T-AKE-8 |
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy |
