Emory S. Land-class submarine tender

{{Short description|Ship class of the U.S. Navy}}

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|Ship image= USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) and USS Frank Cable (AS-40) moored at Guam on 2 March 2017.JPG

|Ship caption=Emory S. Land and Frank Cable at Guam, in 2017

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|Builders=Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, U.S.

|Operators={{navy|United States}}

|Class before=L. Y. Spear-class

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|Cost=

|Built range=1976–1979

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|In commission range=1979–present

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|Total ships planned=

|Total ships completed=3

|Total ships cancelled=

|Total ships active=2

|Total ships laid up=1

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|Ship type= Submarine tender

|Ship tonnage={{DWT|9,000|long}}

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|13800|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light

  • {{convert|23000|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load

|Ship length={{convert|649|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|85|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|26

29|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*2 × boilers

  • Steam turbine
  • 1 shaft
  • {{convert|20000|shp|0|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}

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|Ship complement= 1,350

|Ship armament=*2 × 40 mm AA guns

  • 4 × 20 mm AA guns

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The Emory S. Land-class submarine tender is a class of three submarine tenders in the United States Navy and Military Sealift Command. {{USS|Emory S. Land}} is the lead ship in the class, the others are {{USS|Frank Cable}} and {{USS|McKee|AS-41|6}}. McKee was the first ship in the class to be decommissioned.{{Cite web|url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|AS_41_65}} |title=Naval Vessel Register - MCKEE (AS 41)|website=Naval Vessel Register|access-date=2017-06-07}} The Emory S. Land class is set to be replaced by two ships of the AS(X) class.{{Cite web |last=Ong |first=Peter |date=2022-12-05 |title=US Navy Comments on New AS(X) Submarine Tenders |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/12/us-navy-comments-on-new-asx-submarine-tenders/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}

Design

The Emory S. Land-class is identical to the preceding L. Y. Spear-class. The ships were specifically designed to service nuclear-powered attack submarines. They feature 53 specialized workshops on 13 decks on board.{{Cite web |title=AS-39 L.Y. Spear - Navy Ships |url=https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/as-39.htm |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=man.fas.org}} Four submarines can be serviced simultaneously.{{Cite web |title=AS-39 Emory S. Land |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/as-39.htm |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}} The ships are equipped with two 40 ton bow anchors and one 20 ton stern anchor, two 60 ton cranes and two 7 ton cranes. All ships have a helicopter landing pad aft, although no hangar.

Ships in class

Italics indicate estimated dates

class="wikitable"

!Ship

!Hull no.

!Crest

!Builder

!Commissioned

!Decommissioned

!Fate

{{USS|Emory S. Land|AS-39|2}}

|AS-39

|{{Dodseal|AS-39|50}}

| rowspan="3" |Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co.

|7 July 1979

|2029

|Active{{Cite web |title=Naval Vessel Register - Emory S. Land (AS-39 |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AS_39.HTML|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025021221/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AS_39.HTML|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2016}}

{{USS|Frank Cable|AS-40|2}}

|AS-40

|{{Dodseal|AS-40|50}}

|29 October 1979

|2030

|Active{{Cite web |title=Naval Vessel Register - Frank Cable (AS-40) |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AS_40.HTML|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025022429/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AS_40.HTML|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2016}}

{{USS|McKee|AS-41|2}}

|AS-41

|50px

|15 August 1981

|16 July 1999

|Stricken, to be disposed of

References

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