Supply-class fast combat support ship

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Supply-class fast combat support ship

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.[1]

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USNS Supply in 2006
Class overview
BuildersNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California
Operators United States Navy
Preceded bySacramento class
Built1989-1998
In service1994-Present
In commission1994-2004
Planned4
Completed4
Active2
Laid up2
Retired0
General characteristics
TypeFast combat support ship
Displacement48,800 long tons (49,600 t)
Length754 ft (229.8 m) (overall)
Beam107 ft (32.6 m) (extreme beam)
Draft39 ft (11.9 m)
Installed power105,000 hp (78 MW)
Propulsionfour General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines, Two Propellers
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Armament
  • Multiple .50-caliber machine guns
  • Small arms
Aircraft carriedTwo CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters
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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 announced intentions to retire them starting in 2014.[2] The Supply-class ships are built to military combatant standards and are shock hardened.[3]

As of early 2023, USNS Rainier and USNS Bridge have been taken out of service and struck. Along with the remaining two Supply-class ships, US Navy fleets are currently supplied by Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships as well as Henry J. Kaiser-class and John Lewis-class replenishment oilers.

Ships

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ShipHull
No.
BuilderCommissioning–
Decommissioning
NVR
Page
Status
SupplyT-AOE-6National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA1994–2001 (Transferred to MSC)T-AOE-6active
RainierT-AOE-7National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA1995–2003 (Transferred to MSC)T-AOE-7reserve
ArcticT-AOE-8National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA1995–2002 (Transferred to MSC)T-AOE-8active
BridgeT-AOE-10National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA1998–2004 (Transferred to MSC)T-AOE-10reserve
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General characteristics

  • Displacement: 19,700 tons (empty), 49,000 tons (full)
  • Length: 754 ft (229.8 m) (overall)
  • Beam: 107 ft (32.6 m) (extreme beam)
  • Draft: 39 ft (11.9 m)
  • Export power: 78.33MW
  • Maximum speed: 25 knots
  • Range 6,000 nm
  • Complement 40 officers + 667 enlisted (USN), 176 civilians, 30-45 military (MSC)
  • Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500

Cargo capacity

  • Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441,000 L)
  • JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,921,000 L)
  • Bottled gas: 800 bottles
  • Ordnance stowage: 2,150 short tons (1,950 t)
  • Chill and freeze stowage: 250 short tons (230 t)
  • Water: 20,000 US gallons (76,000 L)

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