Kilauea-class ammunition ship

The Kilauea class ammunition ship was a class of eight United States Navy cargo vessels designed for underway replenishment of naval warships. The ships were constructed 1968–1972 and were initially commissioned naval ships, carrying a crew of naval personnel. At various dates 1980–96 these ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for civilian operation. They were eventually all replaced by the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships. The lead ship of the class, Kilauea, was commissioned on 10 August 1968, and the last, the Kiska, on 16 December 1972.

Ships

Ship	Hull No.	Builder	Commissioned	Transferred to MSC	Status	NVR link
Kilauea	AE-26	General Dynamics, Quincy	1968-08-10	1980-10-01	Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2012
Butte	AE-27	General Dynamics, Quincy	1968-12-14	1996-06-03	Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2006
Santa Barbara	AE-28	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	1970-07-11	1998-09-30	Stricken, scrapped
Mount Hood	AE-29	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	1971-05-01		Stricken, scrapped
Flint	AE-32	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula	1971-11-20	1995-08-04	Sold for scrap 24 November 2015[1]
Shasta	AE-33	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula	1972-02-26	1997-10-01	Stricken, scrapped commencing in November 2013
Mount Baker	AE-34	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula	1972-07-22	1996-12-18	Stricken, scrapped
Kiska	AE-35	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula	1972-12-16	1996-08-01	Stricken, to be disposed of by dismantling

Three of the eight Kilauea-class ships steaming together: Shasta (left), Kiska (right), Flint (rear) (2005)
Class overview
Builders	General Dynamics, Bethlehem Steel, Ingalls Shipbuilding
Operators	US Navy and Military Sealift Command
Preceded by	Nitro-class ammunition ship
Succeeded by	Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Built	1966–1972
In commission	1967–1996
Completed	8
Active	0
Scrapped	6
General characteristics
Type	ammunition carrier
Displacement	13,688 tons, 20,500 f/l
Length	564 feet (172 m)
Beam	81 feet (25 m)
Draft	29 feet (8.8 m)
Propulsion	one GE steam turbine, 22,000 shp; three Foster-Wheeler boilers; single propeller.
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	411 (USN)/130 (MSC)
Sensors & processing systems	Mark 56 fire-control system
Armament	originally four twin 3"/50 caliber gun mounts
Aircraft carried	two helicopters (UH-46 or MH-60)