History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS McKee |
Namesake | Andrew McKee |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Laid down | 14 January 1978 |
Launched | 16 February 1980 |
Commissioned | 15 August 1981 |
Decommissioned | 16 July 1999 |
Stricken | 25 April 2006 |
Homeport | Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, California, U.S. |
Motto | "Plus Ultra Plurimum" (English: The Best of the Best) |
Honors and awards | |
Status | Pending disposal at NISMF, Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender |
Displacement | 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) full |
Length | 645 ft 8 in (196.80 m) |
Beam | 85 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 1,500 officers and enlisted |
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USS McKee (AS-41), named after Andrew McKee, was the third Emory S. Land-class submarine tender built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington for the United States Navy.
The USS McKee was a mobile support and repair facility with the capability of providing simultaneous repairs to 12 nuclear-powered & diesel, fast-attack submarines. A versatile and complex ship, she provided everything a submarine might need: full medical and dental facilities; cranes, elevators and conveyors to move material on and off the ship as well as between decks; large storage areas for refrigerated and dry food; nuclear system repair and testing; electrical and electronics repair; hull repair; sheet metal and steel work; pipe fabrication; foundry work; woodworking; printing; underwater diving and rescue; hazardous material management; and propulsion and weapons systems repair.[1]
USS McKee was one of the first warships in the U.S. Navy to integrate female sailors.