WILLIAM McLEAN T-AKE 12

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid 26 March 2010 - Launched & Christened 16 April 2011

  1. USNS WILLIAM McLEAN T-AKE 12
    Placed In Service 28 September 2011

Naval Covers

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  1. USNS William McLean T-AKE-12 Covers Page 1     (2010-2011)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

USPS 4-bar

"Midway Philatelic Br."

San Diego CA

2010-03-26

N/A

Keel Laid, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - William Burdette McLean (1914–1976)
    McLean was a United States Navy physicist, who conceived and developed the heat-seeking Sidewinder missile.
    The son of a Protestant clergyman, McLean attended Caltech, where he took three degrees in physics, finishing with a doctorate in 1939. During World War II, McLean worked on ordnance equipment and testing at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. Following the war, he moved to the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), Inyokern, California (now the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake), where he led the project team developing the Sidewinder missile from 1945 to 1954. In April 1954, he was appointed technical director, the senior civilian position at the Station, a position which he held till 1967. For his work on the Sidewinder, he was awarded $25,000 and a plaque from President Eisenhower. He then served as technical director for the Navy's submarine-warfare research center in San Diego until 1974.

The ships sponsor is Dr. McLean's niece, Margaret Taylor.

 


 

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