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Saturday, March 27, 2010

General Dynamics NASSCO Lays Keel of the USNS William McLean

Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships (T-AKE)General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, today laid the keel for USNS William McLean, the twelfth ship of the Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo-ammunition ships (T-AKE).

The ship is named in honor of the U.S. Navy physicist who in the 1950s pioneered the technology behind the Sidewinder missile, the first effective U.S. air-to-air missile.

Construction of the William McLean began in September 2009. NASSCO is scheduled to deliver the ship to the Navy in the third quarter of 2011.

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