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Photo by Thoralf Doehring. |
USNS CHARLES DREW is the tenth LEWIS AND CLARK - class Dry Cargo / Ammunition Ship and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 31, 2008 |
Keel laid: March 17, 2009 | |
Launched: February 27, 2010 | |
Delivered: July 14, 2010 | |
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. | |
Propulsion system: Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6KV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators | |
Propellers: one | |
Length: 689 feet (210 meters) | |
Beam: 106 feet (32.31 meters) | |
Draft: 29.5 feet (9 meters) | |
Displacement: approx. 41,000 tons full load | |
Speed: 20 knots | |
Dry Cargo Capacity: 1,388,000 cubic feet | |
Fuel Cargo Capacity: 26,000 barrels | |
Aircraft: two helicopters | |
Armament: none | |
Crew: approx. 125 civilians and up to 49 US Navy | |
Homeport: Pacific |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS CHARLES DREW. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
About the Ship's Name:
USNS CHARLES DREW honors Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904-1950), a physician and medical researcher whose pioneering work in the late 1930s and early 1940s led to the discovery that blood could be separated into plasma. The model for blood and plasma storage developed by Drew has saved untold lives and is the same process used today by the Red Cross. In 1943, he became the first African-American surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery.
USNS CHARLES DREW Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by me and show the CHARLES DREW under construction at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif., on March 23, 2010.
The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the CHARLES DREW at the Vigor Shipyard at Seattle, Wash., on August 1, 2019.