USS Detroit (AOE-4)

History
United States
Name	USS Detroit
Namesake	Detroit, Michigan
Ordered	29 December 1965
Builder	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	29 November 1966
Launched	21 June 1969
Commissioned	28 March 1970
Decommissioned	17 February 2005
Motto	Superare Optimum ("To Surpass the Finest")
Fate	Scrapped at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping complete November 3, 2006
General characteristics
Class and type	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
Displacement	18,884 long tons (19,187 t) light 57,000 long tons (57,915 t) full
Length	796 ft (243 m)
Beam	107 ft (33 m)
Draft	38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion	4 × steam boilers, 600 psi 2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement	34 officers and 602 enlisted
Armament	2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
Aircraft carried	Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters

USS Detroit (AOE-4) was the fourth and last Sacramento-class fast combat support ship built for the United States Navy. She was laid down on 29 November 1966 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; launched 21 June 1969; and commissioned on 28 March 1970. She is the fifth United States Navy ship named after Detroit, Michigan, the largest city in the state of Michigan, and the river of the same name.

Detroit served for 35 years operating primarily with the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf regions.