Designation
Ammunition Ship
Primary Mission
Ammunition ships keep the fleet supplied with ammunition and ordnance, independently or with other combat logistic ships.
Class
Kilauea
Homeports
- Naval Station Davisville, RI
- Naval Weapons Station Charleston- Goose Creek, SC
Builder
BETHLEHEM/SPARROWS
Service Record
- Keel laid: 12/20/66
- Commissioned: 07/11/70
- Decommissioned (transferred to MSC): 09/30/98
- Retired from MSC: 8/5/05
- Scrapped: 2007, Brownsville, TX
Specifications
- Overall Length: 564 ft
- Beam: 81 ft
- Max Navigational Draft: 27 ft
- Draft Limit: 28 ft
- Light Displacement: 10073 tons
- Full Displacement: 19646 tons
- Dead Weight: 9573 tons
- Propulsion: Steam Turbines
- Max Speed: 20 knots
Defensive Systems
- (2) Phalanx CIWS Gun Mounts
- (2) 3″ / 50 Twin Gun Mounts
- (4) Chaff Launchers
- (2) 22mm Gun Mounts
- Towed Anti-Torpedo Decoy
Compliment
Ship’s Company: 403
- (28) Officers
- (375) Enlisted
- Departments: 5
- Divisions: 20
Detachments: 2
- Helicopter Squadron
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal
- Stinger Missile Team
Aircraft: 2
- (2) CH46D Sea Knight Cargo Support Helicopters
Smallcraft: 5
- (2) Utility Boats
- Motor Whale Boat
- Officers’ Boat
- Captain’s Gig