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Thursday, May 15, 2025 @ 0840 		USNS WILLIAM McLEAN ( 2011 > Dry cargo ship (pennant T-AKE 12) IMO 9552006 : i s 210m 689ft overall of Lewis and Clark-class of Military Sealift Command / United States Navy) Own Page

USNS WILLIAM McLEAN arrives in Firth of Clyde for Glenmallan Royal Naval Base, Loch Long
Ship's locationInbound and passing the town of Dunoon (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)Port of RegistryUnited States Navy
Sailing forGlenmallan Royal Naval Base, Loch Long (Firth of Clyde, Scotland, UK)

The vessel is USNS WILLIAM McLEAN.  As you may have guessed the USNS means United States Navy Ship, just similar to the British Royal Navy ships being HMS.

 

From Wikipedia her description is


Port of Registry: United States Navy
Net Tonnage: -
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: -
Deadweight Tonnage: -

USNS Wiliam McLean (T-AKE-12) underway in 2013
USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) in October 2013
History

Name William McLean
Namesake William McLean[1]
Awarded 12 December 2008[2]
Builder National Steel and Shipbuilding[2]
Laid down 23 March 2010[2]
Launched 16 April 2011[3]
Sponsored by Margaret Taylor[3]
In service 28 September 2011
Homeport Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, NJ
Identification
IMO number: 9552006
MMSI number: 367852000
Callsign: NWMC
Motto Si Vis Pacem • Para Bellum
Status In service U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type Lewis and Clark-class cargo ship
Displacement
23,852 tons light,
40,298 tons full,
16,446 tons dead[2]
Length
210 m (689 ft) overall,
199.3 m (654 ft) waterline[2]
Beam
32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
32.3 m (106 ft) waterline[2]
Draft
9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
9.4 m (31 ft) limit[2]
Propulsion Integrated propulsion and ship service electrical system, with generation at 6.6 kV by FM/MAN B&W diesel generators; one fixed pitch propeller; bow thruster[2]
Speed 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range
14,000 nautical miles at 20 kt
(26,000 km at 37 km/h)
Capacity
Max dry cargo weight:
5,910 long tons (6,005 t)
Max dry cargo volume:
783,000 cubic feet (22,000 m³)
Max cargo fuel weight:
2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
Cargo fuel volume:
18,000 barrels (2,900 m³)
(DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Complement 0 military, 130 civilian[2]
Electronic warfare
& decoys Nulka decoy launchers (space allocated but not installed)
Armament
2–6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
or 7.62 mm medium machine guns
Aircraft carried two helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale P

WILLIAM McLEAN is now shaping for the entrance to Loch Long.    Waiting ahead are the Admiralty Pilot boat DMS POPPY and the Clydeport Pilot cutter GANTOCK.   

GANTOCK will take off the Clydeport Pilot who has brought McLEAN from the Cumbraes to the change-over point and DMS POPPY will board an Admiralty Pilot onto McLEAN and he will take her through Loch Long and berth her at Glenmallan.

   Also ahead, waiting patiently near Baron's Point are the Serco tugs SD IMPETUS, SD RESOURCEFUL and SD RELIABLE who will take McLEAN through the narrow Loch and berth her at Glenmallan Jetty.
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