USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)

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Career (US) United States Navy Ensign
Ordered: 3 November 1988
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California
Laid down: 31 May 1990
Launched: 28 September 1991
Commissioned: 21 January 1995
Decommissioned: 28 August 2003
Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington
Motto: The Legend Of Service
Fate: active in service
General characteristics
Class and type: Supply-class fast combat support ship
Displacement: approx. 48,800 tons (49,600 t)
Length: 754.6 ft (230.0 m)
Beam: 107 ft (33 m)
Draught: 39 ft (12 m)
Propulsion: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines 105,000 hp (78 MW)
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h)
Complement: 176 civilians, 30 military
Aircraft carried: A combination of two MM-60 or SH-60

The third US Navy vessel named after Mt. Rainier, USNS Rainier is the second ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships. After service in the United States Navy from 1995 through 2003 as USS Rainier, her weapons systems were removed and she was transferred on August 29, 2003 to the Military Sealift Command, which designated her USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7).

Rainier has the speed to keep up with the carrier strike groups. She rapidly replenishes Navy task forces. She receives petroleum products, ammunition and stores from shuttle ships and redistributes these items simultaneously to carrier strike group ships. This reduces the vulnerability of serviced ships by reducing alongside time.

Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.

USNS Rainier's cargo capacities:

  • Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,440 m³)[1]
  • JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,920 m³)[1]
  • Bottled gas: 800 bottles[1]
  • Ordnance stowage: 1,800 tons[1]
  • Chill and freeze stowage: 400 tons[1]
  • Water: 20,000 US gallons (76 m³)[1]

USNS Rainier's refueling rigs can pump fuel at a rate of 3,000 US gallons per minute (200 L/s).[1]

Military Composition: Military positions on board are limited to the IT (Information Systems Technician), ET (Electronics Technician), OS (Operations Specialist), SK (Storekeeper), and PS (Personnel Specialist) ratings. A military detachment officer in charge (MILDET OIC), Supply Officer, and Operations Officer are also on board.

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7)
USS Rainier replenishing USS Ronald Reagan, 2005
USS Rainier replenishing USS Ronald Reagan, 2005
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