Nassco delivers USNS Matthew Perry

The 689-foot-long supply ship will serve under the Navy’s Military Sealift Command and is capable of delivering almost 10,000 tonnes of dry cargo and petroleum products at any one time to U.S. Navy and allied ships underway at sea.

Including the Matthew Perry, Nassco has delivered nine T-AKEs, which are also known as Lewis and Clark-class ships. Later this week, Nassco will host a christening and launch ceremony for the tenth ship of the class, USNS Charles Drew. In addition, the San Diego shipyard is now building the eleventh and twelfth Lewis and Clark-class ships, and soon expects to receive a Navy contract for the final two ships of the class.