Function: High-speed vessel, designed as oiler, ammunition and supply ship.





Description: The fast combat support ship (AOE) is the Navy's largest combat logistics ship. The AOE has the speed and armament to keep up with the carrier battle groups. It rapidly replenishes Navy task forces and can carry more than 177,000 barrels of oil, 2,150 tons of ammunition, 500 tons of dry stores and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. It receives petroleum products, ammunition and stores from shuttle ships and redistributes these items simultaneously to carrier battle group ships. This reduces the vulnerability of serviced ships by reducing alongside time. Congress appropriated the funds for the lead ship of the AOE 6 (Supply class) in 1987.





General Characteristics, Sacramento Class



Cost:

$458-568 million





Builders:

AOE 1, 3, 4 - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard



AOE 2 - New York Shipbuilding





Date Deployed:

March 14, 1964 - USS Sacramento (AOE-1)

$458-568 million





Power Plant:

Four GE LM2500 gas-turbines; two shafts; 105,000 horsepower





Length, Overall:

793 feet (241.71 meters)





Beam:

107 feet (32.61 meters)







Displacement:

53,000 long tons (53,850.55 metric tons) full load





Speed:

26+ knots (29.92+ miles, 48.15 km, per hour)





Crew:

24 officers, 576 enlisted





Armament:

NATO Sea Sparrow missiles



Two Phalanx close-in weapons systems





Aircraft:

Two UH-46E Sea Knight helicopters









Ships:

USS Sacramento (AOE-1), Bremerton, WA

USS Camden (AOE-2), Bremerton, WA

USS Seattle (AOE-3), Earle, NJ

USS Detroit (AOE-4), Earle, NJ







General Characteristics, Supply Class



Builders:

National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA





Date Deployed:

February 26, 1994 - USS Supply (AOE-6)





Power Plant:

Four boilers, geared turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower





Length, Overall:

793 feet (241.71 meters)





Beam:

107 feet (32.61 meters)





Displacement:

48,800 long tons (49,583.15 metric tons) full load







Speed:

25 knots (28.77+ miles per hour, 46.30 km per hour)





Crew:

40 officers, 627 enlisted





Armament:

NATO Sea Sparrow missiles



Two Phalanx close-in weapons systems



Two 25mm machine guns





Aircraft:

Three UH-46E Sea Knight helicopters











Ships:

USS Supply (AOE-6), Earle, NJ

USS Rainer (AOE-7), Bremerton, WA

USS Arctic (AOE-8), Earle, NJ

USS Bridge (AOE-10), Bremerton, WA