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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Wolfgang Hechler

USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Charlie - Zulu NCCZ

Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship:

Laid down, 10 May 2011, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, CA.

Launch and Christened, 5 May 2012

Scheduled completion date fourth quarter of 2012

Accepted by the US Navy's Military Sealift Command, 25 October 2014

Specifications:
Displacement 41,000 long tons (fl.)
Length 689 feet
Beam 106 feet
Draft 29.5 feet

Complement

53 CivMar

36 Military + 13 for helicopter detachment

Landing/Attack Craft: Air Cap two VERTREP capable helicopters

Armament none

Cargo Capacities

Dry Cargo 6,675 tons

Refrigerated stores 1,716 tons

Cargo Fuel 18,000 bbls

Propulsion

Main machinery - Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6KV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster.

Speed 20 knots

Range 14,000 nautical miles at 20 knots

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	19k	Namesake Cesar Chavez A photo illustration of the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE 14). Chavez served in the Navy from 1944-1946 and became a civil rights activist and a leader in the American labor movement. Cesar Chavez** will serve as a combat logistics force ship delivering ammunition, food, fuel and other dry cargo to U.S. and allied ships at sea. US Navy photo illustration 110512-N-DX698-001 WASHINGTON (May 12, 2011) by Mass Communication Specialist Jay M. Chu.	Lee Wahler
	1098k	Service members and civilians gather to watch the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) be christened and launched at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's shipyard in San Diego. The mission of the Cesar Chavez** is to deliver food, ammunition, fuel and other provisions to strike groups and other naval forces at sea. US Navy photo # 120507-N-SH505-005 SAN DIEGO (May 5, 2012) by MCSN Jasmine Sheard.	Lee Wahler
	1034k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14)** launching at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's shipyard, San Diego, 5 May 2012. US Navy photo	Lee Wahler
	183k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) transfers cargo with an SA-330J Puma helicopter during a replenishment-at-sea with the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87). Mason** is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. US Navy photo # 131106-N-PW661-011 RED SEA (Nov. 6, 2013) by MC2 Rob Aylward.	Lee Wahler
140403-N-CO162-110 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2014)	197k	Sailors and Military Sealift Command civilian mariners aboard submarine tender *USS Frank Cable* (AS-40) keep an eye on the phone and distance line during an underway replenishment USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14). This was the first underway replenishment for Frank Cable in ten years and demonstrates the ship's capability for sustained at-sea operations. Frank Cable*, forward deployed to Guam, conducts maintenance and repair on submarine and surface vessels deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility and is on a scheduled underway period. US Navy photo #s 140403-N-CO162-110 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2014)* by MC2 Christopher Salisbury and 140403-N-AY759-109 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2014) by MCSS Jason Morris.	Lee Wahler
140403-N-AY759-109 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2014)	255k		Lee Wahler
	180k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) launches a Northrop-Grumman BQM-74E Chukar drone while exercising with the US Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73)*. US Navy photo 140914-N-TE278-055 WATERS NEAR GUAM (Sept. 14, 2014)* by MC2 Paolo Bayas.	Lee Wahler
	216k	An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-21) maneuvers toward *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) during a vertical replenishment with the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5)*, not pictured. US Navy photo 141219-N-EH218-564 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 19, 2014)* by MC Ryan J. Batchelder.	Ron Reeves
	374k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) conducts a replenishment at sea with the Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156** in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility April 12, 2014, in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. U.S. Navy ships and aircraft were dispatched to assist a multinational search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people aboard US Navy photo # 140412-N-ZZ999-020 Gulf of Thailand	Robert Hurst
	119k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) refuels the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH-156), left, and the multi-product replenishment oiler HMAS Success (OR-304)** during an underway replenishment in the southern Indian Ocean, 2015. The U.S. and Australian navies are supporting the multination search for a missing Malaysian Airlines passenger aircraft. US Navy photo by ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez.	Robert Hurst
	969k	An MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-14) retrieves ammunition from *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) during a vertical replenishment for the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). John C. Stennis** is preparing for the Navy's board of inspection and survey. US Navy photo 150712-N-XX566-241 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2015) by MC3 Andre T. Richard.	Lee Wahler
	140k	*USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) conducts a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65)** by way of an An MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-25). *Benfold* is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. US Navy photo 181009-N-WM647-3017 EAST CHINA SEA (Oct. 9, 2018) by MC2 Elesia Patten.	Lee Wahler
	210k	The Los Angeles-class attack submarine *USS Oklahoma City* (SSN-723) moors next to USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14)** during an exercise in Apra Harbor, March 11, 2019. The exercise aims to assess the capabilities of USNS vessels to service submarines while in port and underway US Navy photo 190311-N-ZU404-0254 APRA HARBOR, Guam (March 11, 2019) by MC2 Jordyn Diomede	Lee Wahler
	182k	An SA 330 Puma helicopter assigned to *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) transports cargo to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)** during a replenishment-at-sea. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 , the guided-missile cruiser *USS Leyte Gulf* (CG-55)** and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 US Navy photo 190525-N-MM912-1249 ARABIAN SEA (May 25, 2019) by MCSN	Lee Wahler
	232k	Dauntless patrol boats from Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 1 escort *USNS Cesar Chavez* (T-AKE-14) through the Gulf of Tadjoura. CRS-1** is forward-deployed with Combined Task Group 68.6 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. US Navy photo 190714-N-DX868-1223 GULF OF TADJOURA (July 14, 2019) by HM1 Kenji Shiroma	Lee Wahler