Features
As an auxiliary support ship, the T-AKE helps allow the Navy to maintain a forward presence. The T-AKE's primary mission is the delivery of supplies to Navy ships from sources of supply like friendly ports, or from sea using specially equipped merchant ships. The T-AKE transfers cargo — ammunition, food, limited quantities of fuel, repair parts, ship store items and expendable supplies — 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 substitute on-station ship, providing direct logistic support to ships within a single carrier strike group.
The primary goal of the T-AKE program is to provide effective fleet underway replenishment capability at the lowest life cycle cost. To meet that goal, the ship was built to commercial specifications and standards and was certified/classed by the American Bureau of Shipping, the United States Coast Guard and other regulatory bodies. The ships are operated by Military Sealift Command with civilian mariners crews (123 personnel) augmented by a military department (13 personnel).
This ship was featured in the History Channel's Modern Marvels episode on copper.
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