TAKE-1 Lewis and Clarke

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Lewis & Clark, [AKE].

Builder: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 21 May 2005.

Commission date: 20 June 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 41.000.

Dimensions ( metres ): 210 x 32,2 x 9,1

Main machinery: 4 x FM/MAN B&W 9L and 8L 48/60, 1 x prop.

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 14.000 at 20 knots.

Complement: 172: 123 Civilian + 49 military.

Guns: 2 - 6 x 12,7mm + ? x 7,62mm.

Military lift: Dry cargo: 6.005tm or 22.000m³. Fuel: 2.390tm (DFM and JP5).

Countermeasures: Decoys: SLQ-25A(V) Nixie towed torpedo decoy system, Nulka decoy launchers.

Callsign: NLNC ()

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