Emory Land (AS 39) - Naval Cruise Book

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History arid Mission The keel WGS laid for USS EMORY S. LAND on March 2, 1976. The ship was then christened by Sp0rlS0f Sara H. Long on May 4, 1977 with builders trials occurring between 7 and 8, November 1978Q To construct a ship the size of the LAND, 12,500 tons of steel were required, along with 142 miles of electric cable and 30 miles of piping. LAND was then ready to go into Commission, Special on March 23, 1979. EMoRY S. LAND- is the Navy's newest submarine tender,,designed to support the Los Angeles class attach submarines. She will also service the older nuclear attach submarines until there are enough of the 688 class assigned to Norfolk to keep us fully utilized. We will provide food, electricity, water consumables, spare parts, medical, dental, disbursing, mail and legal services, ordnance, and any material and equipment repair the submarines may require. To accomplish this the ship has a physical plant similar to that ofa small town, with 58 different specialized shops. Shi10's Characteristics LENGTH SAA FEET BEAM 05 FEET 0 S FULL LoAD DTSPLACEMENT 23,22 T FULL LOAD DRAFT OVER 1 ACRE AREA OF MAIN DECK S, . A POWER 20,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER-STE IZ 18 KNOT SUSTAINED SPEED 1351 ERSONS TOTAL COMPLENENT ' P 13 DECK LEVELS 913 coMPARTMENTS AND SPACES g IEACH NUMBER OF SCREWS AND RUDDERS 3 S . 1 A FT 20,000 LBS. K V i V V F M - .V -mi l YA ., , ,,,,. X ,,,. , Q l gzh -is W - .-.Wi little- If F-il ., .g:'i'NW7 i I

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