Emory S. Land-class submarine tender

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Emory S. Land class

Emory S. Land and Frank Cable at Guam, in 2017
Class overview
Builders	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	L. Y. Spear-class
Built	1976–1979
In commission	1979–present
Completed	3
Active	2
Laid up	1
General characteristics
Type	Submarine tender
Tonnage	9,000 LT DWT
Displacement	13,800 long tons (14,021 t) light 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) full load
Length	649 ft (198 m)
Beam	85 ft (26 m)
Draft	26–29 ft (7.9–8.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × boilers Steam turbine 1 shaft 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	1,350
Armament	2 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns

The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender is a class of three submarine tenders in the United States Navy and Military Sealift Command. USS Emory S. Land is the lead ship in the class, the others are USS Frank Cable and USS McKee. McKee was the first ship in the class to be decommissioned.^[1] The Emory S. Land class is set to be replaced by two ships of the AS(X) class.^[2]