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Article: MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND ACCEPTS FIFTH ADDITION TO NEWEST SHIP CLASS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 6, 2008
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The U.S. Navy issued the following press release:
By Anna HancockMilitary Sealift Command Public Affairs
Military Sealift Command (MSC) accepted delivery of dry/cargo ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) in San Diego, June 5. The ship was built by General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.
Named in honor of Navy Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary, leader of the first expedition to the North Pole, the ship is the fifth in the Lewis and Clark-class of underway replenishment ships with the designation T-AKE-5.
The ships' primary mission is to deliver ammunition, provisions, stores, spare parts, potable water and petroleum products to the Navy's underway carrier and ...