Supply-class fast combat support ship
_fast_combat_support_ship_USNS_Supply_(T-AOE_6)_sails_through_the_Atlantic_Ocean_in_formation_with_the_Enterprise_Carrier_Strike_group_(CSG).jpg) USNS Supply in 2006 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Sacramento class |
| Succeeded by: | N/A |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast combat support ship |
| Displacement: | 48,800 long tons (49,600 t) |
| Length: | 754 ft (229.8 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 107 ft (32.6 m) (extreme beam) |
| Draft: | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | four General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; two shafts; 105,000 hp (78 MW) |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
The Supply-class fast combat support ships are a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
These are the only US Navy resupply ships able to keep up with the strike groups, but due to their cost to operate the Navy intends to retire them starting in 2014.[1]
Ships
| Ship | Hull No. | Builder | Commissioning– Decommissioning | NVR Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply | T-AOE-6 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California | 1994–2001 (Transferred to MSC) | T-AOE-6 |
| Rainier | T-AOE-7 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California | 1995–2003 (Transferred to MSC) | T-AOE-7 |
| Arctic | T-AOE-8 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California | 1995–2002 (Transferred to MSC) | T-AOE-8 |
| Bridge | T-AOE-10 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California | 1998–2004 (Transferred to MSC) | T-AOE-10 |
General characteristics
- Displacement： 19700 tons (empty), 49000 tons (full)
- Length： 229.7 m
- Beam： 32.6 m
- Draft: 11.7 m
- Export power： 78.33MW
- Maximum speed： 25 knots
- Range： 6000 nm
- Complement： 40 officers + 667 enlisted
- Propulsion： 4 x LM-2500
Cargo Capacity
- Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441,000 l)[2]
- JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,921,000 l)[2]
- Bottled gas: 800 bottles[2]
- Ordnance stowage: 2,150 short tons (1,950 t)[2]
- Chill and freeze stowage: 400 short tons (360 t)[2]
- Water: 20,000 US gallons (76,000 l)[2]
Notes
- ↑ CAVAS, CHRISTOPHER P. (12 July 2014). "Big Supply Ships May Get Reprieve - For Now". www.defensenews.com (Gannett Government Media). Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 USNS Supply-class Factsheet
References
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