Supply class fast combat support ship

Updated on Dec 12, 2024

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Operators United States Navy Succeeded by N/A Active 3		Preceded by Sacramento class Completed 4

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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