Suribachi-class ammunition ship
The Suribachi-class ammunition ships are a class of two auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialized underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. The Nitro-class ammunition ships are sometimes considered part of this class.
_underway_on_1_June_1984_(6423341).jpg.webp) USS Suribachi | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Suribachi class |
| Builders | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Built | 1955–1957 |
| In commission | 1956–1995 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ammunition ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 344 |
| Armament | 4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing pad |
Mauna Kea was used for target practice in 2006, and Suribachi was scrapped in the summer of 2009.
Units
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Commission– Decommission |
Fate | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suribachi | AE-21 | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | 1956–1994 | Sold for scrapping, 2009 | |
| Mauna Kea | AE-22 | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | 1957–1995 | Sunk as target during RIMPAC, 12 July 2006 | |
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