Asia Service Medal. Following Desert Storm, McKee was awarded a fourth Battle Efficiency "E" Award. In 1995, after the decommissioning of USS Dixon, McKee provided all support to San Diego based submarines. Assistance was also provided to many Allied submarines while they visited Point Loma. In 1998, McKee earned a third Meritorious Unit Commendation following a six-month deployment to Pearl Harbor. During this deployment, McKee provided services and conducted repairs to both U.S. and Allied submarines and surface combatants. Upon returning to San Diego, the ship took the lead in establishing shore-based services that will support the submarines after McKee's departure. In November 1998, the weapons department of the USS McKee loaded Tomahawk cruise missiles onto . These were the first of 67 Tomahawk cruise missiles sold to the Royal Navy and the first British submarine to receive the Tomahawk missiles. They were later used by HMS Splendid in offensive operations against Serbian targets during the Kosovo War. On 1 October 1999, McKee was decommissioned from service and moved to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), located in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was struck from the Naval Register on 25 April 2006. In popular culture McKee is a submarine support vessel in the book SSN by Tom Clancy, playing an active role in battling the People's Liberation Army Navy in a fictional war over the Spratly Islands. is the namesake submarine. References External links navsource.org: USS McKee http://www.tendertale.com/tenders/141/141.html Emory S. Land-class submarine tenders Submarine tenders Submarine tenders of the United States Navy United States Navy Ships built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company 1980 ships