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U.S. Navy cargo vessel class
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Three of the eight Kilauea-class ships steaming together: Shasta (left), Kiska (right), Flint (rear) (2005)
Class overview
BuildersGeneral Dynamics, Bethlehem Steel, Ingalls Shipbuilding
OperatorsUS Navy and Military Sealift Command
Preceded byNitro-class ammunition ship
Succeeded byLewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Built1966–1972
In commission1967–1996
Completed8
Active0
Scrapped6
General characteristics
Typeammunition carrier
Displacement13,688 tons, 20,500 f/l
Length564 feet (172 m)
Beam81 feet (25 m)
Draft29 feet (8.8 m)
Propulsionone GE steam turbine, 22,000 shp; three Foster-Wheeler boilers; single propeller.
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement411 (USN)/130 (MSC)
Sensors and
processing systems		Mark 56 fire-control system
Armamentoriginally four twin 3"/50 caliber gun mounts
Aircraft carriedtwo helicopters (UH-46 or MH-60)

The Kilauea class ammunition ship was a class of eight United States Navy cargo vessels designed for underway replenishment of naval warships. The ships were constructed 1968–1972 and were initially commissioned naval ships, carrying a crew of naval personnel. At various dates 1980–96 these ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for civilian operation. They were eventually all replaced by the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships. The lead ship of the class, Kilauea, was commissioned on 10 August 1968, and the last, the Kiska, on 16 December 1972.

Ships
Ship Hull No. Builder Commissioned Transferred to MSC Status NVR link
Kilauea AE-26 General Dynamics, Quincy 1968-08-10 1980-10-01 Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2012
Butte AE-27 General Dynamics, Quincy 1968-12-14 1996-06-03 Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2006
Santa Barbara AE-28 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard 1970-07-11 1998-09-30 Stricken, scrapped
Mount Hood AE-29 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard 1971-05-01 Stricken, scrapped
Flint AE-32 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1971-11-20 1995-08-04 Sold for scrap 24 November 2015
Shasta AE-33 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-02-26 1997-10-01 Stricken, scrapped commencing in November 2013
Mount Baker AE-34 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-07-22 1996-12-18 Stricken, scrapped
Kiska AE-35 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-12-16 1996-08-01 Stricken, to be disposed of by dismantling

References

  1. "National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory For the Month Ending September 30, 2016" (PDF). National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory For the Month Ending September 30, 2016. MARAD. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

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