USS Mauna Loa (AE-8)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Mauna Loa.
USS Mauna Loa (AE-8)
USS Mauna Loa (AE-8)
History
United States
NameUSS Mauna Loa (AE-8)
NamesakeMauna Loa
Laid down10 December 1942
Launched14 April 1943
Commissioned27 October 1943
Recommissioned
  • 31 January 1955
  • 27 November 1961
Decommissioned
  • 2 June 1947
  • 16 January 1958
  • 26 February 1971
Stricken1 October 1976
FateScrapped, 1984
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)
Draft25 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 Mauna Loa (AE-8) an ammunition ship in service with the United States Navy. She was commissioned from 1944 to 1947, and recommissioned between 1955 and 1958 and from 1960 to 1969. Mauna Loa was finally scrapped in 1984.