USS Camden (AOE-2)

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USS Camden (AOE-2)
History
United States
Name	USS Camden
Namesake	Camden, New Jersey
Awarded	25 April 1963
Builder	New York Shipbuilding
Cost	Approx. $458 million
Laid down	17 February 1964
Launched	29 May 1965
Acquired	11 March 1967
Commissioned	1 April 1967
Decommissioned	14 October 2005
Stricken	14 October 2005
Homeport	Bremerton, Washington
Identification	05833
Motto	Flexibility, Readiness, Endurance
Nickname(s)	The Powerful Pachyderm of the Pacific
Honors and awards	Navy Unit Commendation x 4 Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation x 3 Navy Battle "E" Ribbon x 3 Navy Expeditionary Medal-Iran Indian Ocean x 3 Navy Expeditionary Medal-Persian Gulf x 2 National Defense Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal x 9 Vietnam Service Medal x 7 Southwest Asia Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Fate	Scrapped at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Texas. Scrapping complete May 13, 2008
General characteristics
Class and type	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
Displacement	20,717 long tons (21,049 t) light 53,138 long tons (53,991 t) full
Length	796 ft (243 m)
Beam	107 ft (33 m)
Draft	38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion	4 × 600 psi (4,100 kPa) at 856 °F (458 °C) V2M boilers 2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts 2 × 23 ft (7.0 m) propellers 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × 26 ft (7.9 m) Motor Whale Boats 2 × 33 ft (10 m) Personnel Boats
Capacity	Fuel oil: 5,200,000 US gal (20,000,000 L) Aviation fuel (JP-5): 2,700,000 US gal (10,000,000 L) Dry/refrigerated stores: 675 t (675,000 kg) Ordnance: 3,000 t (3,000,000 kg)
Complement	27 officers, 587 enlisted
Armament	2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher Super Rapid Blooming Off-Board Chaff (SRBOC) system
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 Seahawk Helicopters

USS Camden (AOE-2) was a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Camden, New Jersey.^[1] It combined the functions of three logistic support ships in one hull - fleet oiler (AO), ammunition ship (AE), and refrigerated stores ship (AF).