USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy.

The ship is named for civil rights movement activist Medgar Evers, a World War II veteran who was assassinated in 1963.

[1] National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) was awarded a detailed design and construction contract for the Lewis and Clark-class in October 2001.

Her construction meets American Bureau of Shipping standards and is periodically inspected by the United States Coast Guard.

[9] While Medgar Evers is, for the most part, built to commercial standards, she exceeds American Bureau of Shipping requirements in a number of areas which would be important for operation in hostile environments.

Spare parts is the largest category, but the ship also has storage areas for medical supplies, fuzes, primers, and detonators, pyrotechnics, flammable liquids, mail, and other materials.

Although her crew varies depending on her activities, a normal complement is 123 civilian mariners and 49 naval personnel, including a helicopter detachment.

[9] In 2013 Medgar Evers participated in Operation Atalanta, supporting U.S. and allied warships on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden.

On this occasion she sailed with two Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopters of Sea Combat Squadron 22 to support vertical replenishment operations.

During this mission she took part in three Sixth Fleet training exercises including Joint Warrior 2019, Formidable Shield 2019, and Baltic Operations 2019.

She conducted 31 underway replenishments with U.S. Sixth Fleet,[26] supplying 3.6 million gallons of diesel fuel, and 980 pallets of dry goods to U.S., French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Royal Navy warships.

[27] She participated in Joint Warrior 2020 and supported a new Royal Navy carrier strike group based on HMS Queen Elizabeth.