| Submarine Tenders - AS |
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Description
Submarine Tenders furnish maintenance and logistic support for nuclear attack submarines. |
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Background
The L.Y. Spear class is designed and fitted to accommodate attack submarines and can service up to four submarines moored alongside simultaneously. The Simon Lake class was configured especially to service ballistic missile submarines, the last of this class was decommissioned June 25, 1999. The operation of AS 39 and AS 40 is scheduled to be transferred to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) beginning in FY08. |
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Point Of Contact
Corporate Communications Office
Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 00D)
Washington, DC 20376 |
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General Characteristics, L.Y. Spear Class
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| Builder: AS 39 thru AS 41, Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Company. |
| Date Deployed: 7 July 1979 (USS Emory S. Land) |
| Propulsion: Two boilers, geared turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower. |
| Length: 644 feet (193.2 meters). |
| Beam: 85 feet (25.5 meters). |
| Displacement: Approximately 23,493 tons (23,870.02 metric tons) full load. |
| Speed: 20 knots (23 miles, 36.8 km, per hour). |
| Crew: 97 officers, 1,266 enlisted. |
| Armament: Two 40mm guns, and four 20mm guns. |
| Aircraft: None. |
| Ships: |
| USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), Bangor, WA |
| USS Frank Cable (AS 40), Guam |
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| Last Update: 23 February 2009 |
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