Naval Ammunition Ships-AE

Description: Ammunition ships deliver munitions to warships.

Features: Ammunition ships keep the fleet supplied with ammunition and ordnance, independently or with other combat logistic ships. Ammunition is delivered by slings on ship-to-ship cables, and by helicopters.

Background The Navy's ammunition ships are all of the Kilauea class. The lead ship of the class, USNS Kilauea (T-AE 26), and USNS Butte (T-AE 27), USNS Flint (T-AE 32), and USNS Kiska (T-AE 35) are operated by the Military Sealift Command with a civilian master and crew, but the remaining four are Navy manned with a commanding officer.

General Characteristics, Kiluauea Class

Builders:
AE-27, General Dynamics, Quincy Shipbuilding Division;
AE-28, 29, Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Md.;
AE-33 through AE-35, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.
Power Plant: Three boilers, geared turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 564 feet (169.2 meters)
Beam: 81 feet (24.3 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 18,088 tons full load
Speed: 20 knots (23 miles, 36.8 km, per hour)
Aircraft: Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Ships:
USS Santa Barbara (AE-28), TBD
USS Mount Hood (AE-29), Concord, Calif.
USS Shasta (AE-33), Concord, Calif.
USS Mount Baker (AE-34), TBD
Crew: 17 officers, 366 enlisted
Armament: Two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems
Date deployed: 14 December 1968 (USS Butte)

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