History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | 22 January 1987 |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 24 February 1989 |
Launched | 6 October 1990 |
Commissioned | 26 February 1994 |
Decommissioned | 13 July 2001 |
In service | 13 July 2001 |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Supply class |
Displacement | 48,800 long tons (49,600 t) |
Length | 754.6 ft (230.0 m) |
Beam | 107 ft (33 m) |
Height | 39 ft (12 m) |
Installed power | 105,000 hp (78 MW) |
Propulsion | four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines, Two Propellers |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Complement | 176 civilians, 59 military |
Aircraft carried | Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters |
USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), ex-USS Supply (AOE-6), is the lead ship of the Supply-class fast combat support ships.[1] She was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which she was transferred for service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command.