USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the first ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), labor leader and civil rights activist.

[1] Chávez joined the Navy at the age of seventeen in 1944 during World War II, and served for two years.

[2] Cesar Chavez's keel was laid down on 9 May 2011 by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego.

[4] Media related to IMO 9593127 at Wikimedia Commons

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