T-AKE Ships in Class and Common Ports

MSC currently has 14 T-AKE vessels split between the East and West Coast. The MSC T-AKE fleet includes:

1. USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)
2. USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2)
3. USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3)
4. USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4)
5. USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5)
6. USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6)
7. USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7)
8. USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8)
9. USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9)
10. USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10)
11. USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11)
12. USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12)
13. USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13)
14. USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14)

5 T-AKEs are designated as East Coast Vessels and are officially homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. East Coast T-AKEs typically deploy to 6^th fleet with occasional trips to 5^th fleet. When not deployed or in a maintenance period, East Coast T-AKEs stay in Norfolk and serve as the East Coast duty tanker. 

USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1)
USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2)
USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5)
USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12)
USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13)

Unlike typical East Coast T-AKEs, the USNS Lewis and Clark is homeported in Diego Garcia. Unlike the other T-AKEs its mission is to store ammunition and cargo for the United States Marine Corps in a forward deployed status in the event of a war. It typically stays in Diego Garcia with occasional trips to Chinhae, South Korea for maintenance. Every so often it will return to the United States for a shipyard, and to drop off cargo in Charleston, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida.
The other preposition T-AKE is the USNS Sacagawea. Homeported in Saipan, its mission is to store ammunition and cargo for the United States Marine Corps in a forward deployed status in case of a war. It typically stays in Saipan with occasional trips to Chinnae, South Korea for maintenance. Like the Lewis and Clark, it will occasionally return to the United States for a shipyard, and to drop off cargo in Charleston, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida.