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Supply class fast combat support ship

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Operators
  
United States Navy

Succeeded by
  
N/A

Active
  
3

Preceded by
  
Sacramento class

Completed
  
4

Supply-class fast combat support ship

Builders
  
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California

The Supply-class fast combat support ships are a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

These are the only US Navy resupply ships able to keep up with the strike groups, but due to their cost to operate the Navy intends to retire them starting in 2014.

General characteristics

  • Displacement： 19700 tons (empty), 49000 tons (full)
  • Length： 229.7 m
  • Beam： 32.6 m
  • Draft: 11.7 m
  • Export power： 78.33MW
  • Maximum speed： 25 knots
  • Range： 6000 nm
  • Complement： 40 officers + 667 enlisted
  • Propulsion： 4 x LM-2500

    • Cargo Capacity

  • Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441,000 l)
  • JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,921,000 l)
  • Bottled gas: 800 bottles
  • Ordnance stowage: 2,150 short tons (1,950 t)
  • Chill and freeze stowage: 400 short tons (360 t)
  • Water: 20,000 US gallons (76,000 l)

    • References

    Supply-class fast combat support ship Wikipedia
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