The USNS César Chavez will keep its name, honoring the labor leader’s Navy service despite wider Pentagon renaming efforts.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 6) July 24, 2025, in the U.S. Central ...

Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the ship's name will remain unchanged in an August memo addressed to lawmakers.

The USNS César Chavez will retain its name after Reps. Gil Cisneros and Sam Liccardo — both Democrats from California — wrote ...

For example, Military Sea Lift Command contracted Hanwhaah Ocean in South Korea to conduct a seven-month maintenance period on supply ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8).

The company said on Aug. 6 that it signed a contract to service the “USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3),” a 41,000-ton Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship. Maintenance work is set to begin next ...