USNS Mount Baker

USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
History
United States
NameUSNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
NamesakeMount Baker
Awarded8 March 1968[1]
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding[1]
Laid down5 October 1970[1]
Launched23 October 1971[1]
Commissioned22 July 1972[1]
Decommissioned18 December 1996[1]
In service18 December 1996
Out of service2 August 2010[2]
IdentificationIMO number8937053
FateScrapped 2012
General characteristics
Class and typeKilauea-class ammunition ship
Displacement20,000 tons (20,300 t) full load
Length564.3 ft (172.0 m) overall
Beam81 ft (25 m)
Draft28 ft (8.5 m)
PropulsionThree Foster-Wheeler boilers; 600 psi (42 kg/cm², 4.2 MPa); 870 °F (470 °C); 1 turbine, 22,000 hp (16.4 MW); single six-bladed propeller; Automated Propulsion System (APS)
Speed20 knots
Capacity60,000 ft3/6,000 tons of ammunition
Complement125 civilians, 55 naval personnel (including a helicopter detachment)
Aircraft carriedTwo CH-46 helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and landing pad

USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) was the seventh of eight Kilauea-class ammunition ships. She served in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1996 and with the Military Sealift Command from 1996 to 2010. She was scrapped in 2012.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Baker". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. ^ Scutro, Andrew (23 July 2009). "Subs, frigate on list of ships being retired". Military Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.