USS Suribachi |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Suribachi class |
| Builders: | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Built: | 1955–1957 |
| In commission: | 1956–1995 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ammunition ship |
| Displacement: | 9,758 long tons (9,915 t) light 15,688 long tons (15,940 t) full |
| Length: | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × boilers Steam turbines Single shaft 16,000 shp (11,931 kW) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 344 |
| Armament: | • 4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter landing pad |
The Suribachi class ammunition ships are a class of two auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialized underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. The Nitro class ammunition ships are sometimes considered part of this class.
Mauna Kea was used for target practice in 2006, and Suribachi was scrapped in the summer of 2009.
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Commission– Decommission |
Fate | Link |
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| Suribachi | AE-21 | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | 1956–1994 | Sold for scrapping, 2009 | [1] |
| Mauna Kea | AE-22 | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | 1957–1995 | Sunk as target during RIMPAC, 12 July 2006 | [2] |
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