The Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was christened on January 29, 1994, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and was commissioned on October 14, 1995, at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.

USNS Cesar Chavez, named in honour of the US Navy's Mexican-American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, T-AKE 14 will be used by the navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) primarily to transport US Marine Corps equipment overseas.

The USNS Cesar Chavez is a Lewis and Clark-class dry-cargo and ammunition delivery ship.