USS Shasta (AE-6)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Shasta.
USS Shasta (AE-6)
USS Shasta (AE-6)
History
United States
NameUSS Shasta (AE-6)
NamesakeMount Shasta
Laid down12 August 1940
Launched9 July 1941
Acquired16 April 1941
Commissioned
  • 20 January 1942
  • 15 July 1953
Decommissioned
  • 10 August 1946
  • 1969
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeLassen-class ammunition ship
Displacement
  • Light: 6,350 tons
  • Full load:13,855 tons
Length459 ft (140 m)
Beam63 ft (19.2 m)
Draught25 ft 11 in (7.9 m)
Propulsion2 x 9 cyl. Nordberg diesel engines each with 3155 brake horsepower at 225 rpm geared to 1 shaft
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity5,000 deadweight tons
Complement280 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × single 5 in (127 mm) 38 caliber gun
  • 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns
  • 2 × twin 40 mm guns
  • 8 × twin 20 mm guns

USS Shasta (AE-6), an ammunition ship, was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 125) on 12 August 1940 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Fla., initially as a C2 type cargo ship. She was acquired by the Navy on 16 April 1941 and launched on 9 July 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Spessard L. Holland. She was commissioned on 20 January 1942. She was named after Mount Shasta, a volcano in the Cascade Range in northern California, USA.