USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14)
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| Length | 210 m |
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| Construction started | May 9, 2011 |
| Launched | May 5, 2012 |
| Aircraft carried | two helicopters |
| In service | 24 October 2012 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
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| ID | 2015198 |
About USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14)
USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the first ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Cesar Chavez, labor leader and civil rights activist. Chávez joined the Navy at the age of seventeen in 1944 during World War II, and served for two years.
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