As Ammunition ships they carry and deliver all kinds of ammunition utilizing helicopters for vertical replenishment (VERTREP) as well seven stations for conventional connected replenishment (CONREP).
They are intended to be replaced by the new Lewis and Clark class
They are intended to be replaced by the new Lewis and Clark class
| Derivatives / Succeeded by | |
|---|---|
| 2006 |  Lewis and Clark class |
Specifications |
| 403 | crew | ||||||
| 11900 | light (tn) | ||||||
| 20000 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 171 | length (m) | ||||||
| 25 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 9.40 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 20 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 22000 | power (shp) | ||||||
| 3 | Naval Engine boilers | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine steam turbines | ||||||
| 1 | Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm | ||||||
| 1 | Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 | ||||||
Aircraft Shipyards |
| Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard - | 2 |
| Bethlehem Sparrows Point - | 2 |
| Ingalls Shipbuilding - | 4 |
List of Ships |
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| 1968 | 1980 | | US Navy | AE-26 | USS Kilauea | NSHI | |||
| 1980 | 2008 | T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea | |||||||
| 1968 | 1996 | | US Navy | AE-27 | USS Butte | NWUO | |||
| 1996 | 2004 | sunk 2006 | T-AE-27 USNS Butte | ||||||
| 1970 | 1998 | | US Navy | AE-28 | USS Santa Barbara | NDXU | |||
| 1998 | 2005 | T-AE-28 USNS Santa Barbara | |||||||
| 1971 | 1999 | | US Navy | AE-29 | USS Mount Hood | NWZR | |||
| 1971 | 1995 | | US Navy | AE-32 | USS Flint | NFPW | |||
| 1995 | -- | T-AE-32 USNS Flint | |||||||
| 1972 | 1997 | | US Navy | AE-33 | USS Shasta | NRNC | |||
| 1997 | 2011 | T-AE-33 USNS Shasta | |||||||
| 1972 | 1996 | | US Navy | AE-34 | USS Mount Baker | NZHN | |||
| 1996 | 2010 | T-AE-34 USNS Mount Baker | |||||||
| 1972 | 1996 | | US Navy | AE-35 | USS Kiska | NMFC | |||
| 1996 | 2011 | T-AE-35 USNS Kiska | |||||||
| 2006 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-1 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Lewis and Clark | NLNC | |||
| 2007 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-2 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Sacagawea | NSAC | |||
| 2007 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-3 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Alan Shepard | NSHE | |||
| 2008 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-4 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Richard E. Byrd | NBYR | |||
| 2008 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-5 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Robert E. Peary | NPEA | |||
| 2008 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-6 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Amelia Earhart | NEAR | |||
| 2009 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-7 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Carl Brashear | NBRS | |||
| 2009 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-8 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Wally Schirra | NSCH | |||
| 2010 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-9 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Matthew Perry | NPER | |||
| 2010 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-10 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Charles Drew | NDRE | |||
| 2011 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-11 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Washington Chambers | NCHA | |||
| 2011 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-12 | Lewis and Clark class USNS William McLean | NWMC | |||
| 2012 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-13 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Medgar Evers | NVRS | |||
| 2012 | -- | | US Navy | T-AKE-14 | Lewis and Clark class USNS Cesar Chavez | NCCZ | |||
Events |
| 1965-mar-30 | Ordered | Ordered AE-27 USS Butte | |
| 1965-mar-30 | Ordered | Ordered AE-26 USS Kilauea | |
| 1966-jan-28 | Ordered | Ordered AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1966-mar-10 | Laid down | Laid down AE-26 USS Kilauea | |
| 1966-jul-21 | Laid down | Laid down AE-27 USS Butte | |
| 1966-dec-30 | Laid down | Laid down AE-28 USS Santa Barbara | |
| 1967-may-08 | Laid down | Laid down AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1967-aug-09 | Launched | Launched AE-26 USS Kilauea | |
| 1967-aug-09 | Launched | Launched AE-27 USS Butte | |
| 1968-jan-23 | Launched | Launched AE-28 USS Santa Barbara | |
| 1968-mar-08 | Ordered | Ordered AE-33 USS Shasta | |
| 1968-mar-08 | Ordered | Ordered AE-34 USS Mount Baker | |
| 1968-mar-08 | Ordered | Ordered AE-35 USS Kiska | |
| 1968-jul-17 | Launched | Launched AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1968-aug-10 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-26 USS Kilauea | |
| 1968-dec-14 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-27 USS Butte | |
| 1969-aug-04 | Laid down | Laid down AE-32 USS Flint | |
| 1969-nov-10 | Laid down | Laid down AE-33 USS Shasta | |
| 1970-jul-11 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-28 USS Santa Barbara | |
| 1970-oct-05 | Laid down | Laid down AE-34 USS Mount Baker | |
| 1970-nov-09 | Launched | Launched AE-32 USS Flint | |
| 1971-apr-03 | Launched | Launched AE-33 USS Shasta | |
| 1971-apr-08 | Laid down | Laid down AE-35 USS Kiska | |
| 1971-may-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1971-oct-23 | Launched | Launched AE-34 USS Mount Baker | |
| 1971-nov-20 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-32 USS Flint | |
| 1972-feb-04 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-33 USS Shasta | |
| 1972-mar-11 | Launched | Launched AE-35 USS Kiska | |
| 1972-jul-22 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-34 USS Mount Baker | |
| 1972-dec-16 | Commissioned | Commissioned AE-35 USS Kiska | |
| 1980-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-26 USS Kilauea | |
| 1980-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-26 USS Kilauea to T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea | |
| 1980-oct-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea | |
| 1982-jul | AE-34 USS Mount Baker Part of US Sixth Fleet operations in the Mediterranean, refueled USS Vreeland FF-1068 | ||
| 1983-feb-28 | Aircraft | Aircraft AE-28 USS Santa Barbara Near Diego Garcia, accident HH-46 152508 | |
| 1986-sep | AE-28 USS Santa Barbara Deployed to Med. | ||
| 1991-feb | AE-32 USS Flint Operation Desert Shield/Storm | ||
| 1995-aug-04 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-32 USS Flint | |
| 1995-aug-04 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-32 USS Flint to T-AE-32 USNS Flint | |
| 1996-jun-03 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-27 USS Butte | |
| 1996-jun-03 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-27 USS Butte to T-AE-27 USNS Butte | |
| 1996-aug-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-35 USS Kiska | |
| 1996-aug-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-35 USS Kiska to T-AE-35 USNS Kiska | |
| 1996-dec-18 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-34 USS Mount Baker | |
| 1996-dec-18 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-34 USS Mount Baker to T-AE-34 USNS Mount Baker | |
| 1997-oct-01 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-33 USS Shasta | |
| 1997-oct-01 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-33 USS Shasta to T-AE-33 USNS Shasta | |
| 1997-oct-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned T-AE-33 USNS Shasta | |
| 1998-sep-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-28 USS Santa Barbara | |
| 1998-sep-30 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-28 USS Santa Barbara to T-AE-28 USNS Santa Barbara | |
| 1999-aug-10 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1999-aug-10 | Struck | Struck AE-29 USS Mount Hood | |
| 1999-aug-15 | Port Visit | Port Visit T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea visited Pattaya, Thailand with HC-8 HH-46D 150962 / RB-10 embarked | |
| 1999-sep-20 | T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea INTERFET allocated to Australian-led INTERFET mission to East Timor | ||
| 1999-oct | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AE-29 USS Mount Hood reserve fleet at Suisun Bay, California. | |
| 2004-may-24 | Struck | Struck T-AE-27 USNS Butte | |
| 2005-aug-05 | Struck | Struck T-AE-28 USNS Santa Barbara | |
| 2006-jul-03 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk T-AE-27 USNS Butte as a target by SSN USS San Juan | |
| 2008-sep | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AE-26 USNS Kilauea | |
| 2009-jul-20 | T-AE-34 USNS Mount Baker inactivated on 02aug10 announced | ||
| 2010-aug-02 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AE-34 USNS Mount Baker to reserve fleet | |
| 2011-jan-15 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AE-35 USNS Kiska | |
| 2011-apr-29 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AE-33 USNS Shasta to reserve fleet | |
| 2012-mar-05 | Port Visit | Port Visit T-AE-32 USNS Flint visited Jebel Ali | |
| 2013-jan-17 | Port Visit | Port Visit T-AE-32 USNS Flint visited Mina Salman | |
| 2013-sep-05 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped AE-29 USS Mount Hood towed from Suisun Bay, CA to Brownsville for scrapping |
