AS-39 Emory Land

USS EMORY S. LAND is the first in the Navy's probably last class of submarine tenders and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. On February 1, 2008, the ship was transferred to Military Sealift Command's Special Mission Ships Program. Since then, the EMORY S. LAND is still commanded by a US Navy commanding officer but navigation, deck, engineering, galley and steward services and communications and supply functions are provided by civilian mariners.

General Characteristics: Keel Laid: March 2, 1976
Launched: May 4, 1977
Commissioned: July 7, 1979
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Company, Seattle, Wash.
Propulsion System: two boilers, geared turbines
Propellers: one
Length: 646 feet (197 meters)
Beam: 85 feet (25.9 meters)
Draft: 26 feet (7.9 meters)
Displacement: approx. 23,000 tons
Speed: 20 knots
Armament: two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns
Homeport: Diego Garcia
Crew: 160 civilian mariners and 292 US Navy personnel

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