Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6 kV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster
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 (1927–1993), labor leader and civil rights activist.[1]
Chávez joined the Navy at the age of seventeen in 1944 during World War II, and served for two years.[2]
Cesar Chavez's keel was laid down on 9 May 2011 by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego.[3]
The ship was launched on 5 May 2012.[4]
^"Navy Names Ship for Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez". Navy News Service. 18 May 2011. NNS110518-24. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^Tejada-Flores, Rick. "The Fight in the Fields – Cesar Chávez and the Farmworkers Struggle". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
^"Cesar Chavez (AKE 14)". Naval Vessel Register. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^Mitchell, Jeff; Fellman, Sam (21 December 2011). "Naming Navy ship after Cesar Chavez makes waves". The Salinas Californian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012.
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