USNS Miguel Keith

USNS Miguel Keith
Sister ship USNS Lewis B. Puller
History
Namesake: Miguel Keith
Builder: NASSCO – San Diego, California[1]
Laid down: 30 January 2018[2]
Notes: Operated by Military Sealift Command
General characteristics
Class and type: Expeditionary Transfer Dock
Displacement: Approx. 90,000 long tons (100,000 short tons) fully loaded[1]
Length: 785 ft (239 m)[1]
Beam: 164 ft (50 m)[1]
Draft: 34.4 ft (10.5 m) @ full load; 39.4 ft (12.0 m) at load line[1]
Propulsion: Commercial Diesel-Electric[1]
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[1]
Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)[1]
Complement: 34 ship personnel; 250 military (mission dependent)[1]
Aviation facilities: Four-spot flight deck and hangar[1]

USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5) is an expeditionary mobile base vessel under construction for the United States Navy.

The ship was named in honor of Lance Corporal Miguel Keith, United States Marine Corps, by United States Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer at the 242rd United States Marine Corps Birthday Ball held in National Harbor, Maryland, on November 5, 2017. The ship's namesake received the Medal of Honor posthumously for combat action in Quang Ngai Province during the Vietnam War in 1970. Miguel Keith was the first naval vessel named by Secretary Spencer.[3][4]

History

Miguel Keith had her keel laid on 30 January 2018 with an expected delivery date to the U.S. Navy of August 2019.[2][5]

The ship was damaged while under construction when the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company drydock was accidentally flooded on 11 July 2018.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Fact File: Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) / Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB)". United States Navy. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Keel Laid for Future USNS Miguel Keith" (Press release). US Navy. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Sam LaGrone (5 November 2017). "Spencer Names First Ship as SECNAV After Vietnam War Marine Miguel Keith". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Prepared Remarks by the Honorable Richard V. Spencer Secretary of the Navy 242nd USMC Birthday Ball Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD" (PDF). United States Navy. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)". NavSource. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Eckstein, Megan (13 July 2018). "NASSCO Drydock Floods, Damaging Under-Construction Expeditionary Sea Base". news.usni.org. USNI News. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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