Fast Combat Support Ships - AOE
Description: High-speed vessel, designed as oiler, ammunition and supply ship.
Features: 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.
Point of Contact: Public Affairs Office
Naval Sea Systems Command (OOD)
Washington, DC 20362
General Characteristics, Supply Class
Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Ca.
Power Plant: Four GE LM2500 gas-turbines; 2 shafts; 105,000 hp
Length: 754 feet (229.9 meters)
Beam: 107 feet (32.6 meters)
Displacement: 48,800 tons (49,583.15 metric tons) full load
Speed: 25 knots
Aircraft: Three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
Ships:
USS Supply (AOE-6), Earle, N.J.
USS Rainer (AOE-7), Bremerton, Wash.
USS Arctic (AOE-8), Earle, N.J.
USS Bridge (AOE-10), Bremerton, Wash.
Crew: 40 officers, 627 enlisted
Armament: NATO Sea Sparrow missiles, two Phalanx
close-in weapons systems, two 25mm machine guns
Date Deployed: February 26, 1994 - USS Supply (AOE-6)
General Characteristics, Sacramento Class
Builders:
AOE 1, 3, 4, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
AOE 2, New York Shipbuilding
Unit Cost: $458-568 million
Power Plant: Four boilers, geared turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 793 feet (237.9 meters)
Beam: 107 feet (32.1 meters)
Displacement: 53,000 tons (53,850.55 metric tons) full load
Speed: 26 knots (30 miles, 48 km, per hour)
Aircraft: Two CH-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
Crew: 24 officers, 576 enlisted
Armament: NATO Sea Sparrow missiles, two Phalanx close-in weapons systems.
Date Deployed: March 14, 1964 - USS Sacramento (AOE-1)
