USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8)
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Construction started | April 14, 2008 |
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Launched | March 8, 2009 |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
Aircraft carried | Sikorsky |
Aerospatiale | |
Puma | |
Length | : 210 m (689 ft) overall, 199. 3 m (654 ft) waterline; |
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ID | 2153947 |
About USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8)
USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Captain Wally Schirra, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, who flew three times in space, on Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, and Apollo 7.