Kilauea-class ammunition ship

{{Short description|U.S. Navy cargo vessel class}}

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| Ship image = USNS Shasta (T-AE-33), USNS Flint (T-AE-32) and USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) underway in the Sea of Japan on 11 November 2005 (051111-D-1511B-001).jpg

| Ship caption = Three of the eight Kilauea-class ships steaming together: Shasta (left), Kiska (right), Flint (rear) (2005)

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Builders = General Dynamics, Bethlehem Steel, Ingalls Shipbuilding

| Operators = US Navy and Military Sealift Command

| Class before = {{sclass|Nitro|ammunition ship}}

| Class after = {{sclass|Lewis and Clark|dry cargo ship}}

| Built range = 1966–1972

| In commission range = 1967–1996

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| Total ships completed = 8

| Total ships active = 0

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| Total ships scrapped = 6

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| Ship type = ammunition carrier

| Ship displacement = 13,688 tons, 20,500 f/l

| Ship length = {{convert|564|ft}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|81|ft}}

| Ship draft = {{convert|29|ft}}

| Ship propulsion = one GE steam turbine, 22,000 shp; three Foster-Wheeler boilers; single propeller.

| Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn}}

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| Ship complement = 411 (USN)/130 (MSC)

| Ship sensors = Mark 56 fire-control system

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| Ship armament = originally four twin 3"/50 caliber gun mounts

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| Ship aircraft = two helicopters (UH-46 or MH-60)

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The Kilauea class ammunition ship was a class of eight United States Navy cargo vessels designed for underway replenishment of naval warships. The ships were constructed 1968–1972 and were initially commissioned naval ships, carrying a crew of naval personnel. At various dates 1980–96 these ships were decommissioned and transferred to the Military Sealift Command for civilian operation. They were eventually all replaced by the {{sclass|Lewis and Clark|dry cargo ship}}s. The lead ship of the class, {{USS|Kilauea|AE-26|2}}, was commissioned on 10 August 1968, and the last, the {{USS|Kiska|AE-35|2}}, on 16 December 1972.

class="wikitable sortable"

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ShipHull No.BuilderCommissionedTransferred to MSCStatusNVR link
{{USNS|Kilauea|T-AE-26|2}}AE-26General Dynamics, Quincy1968-08-101980-10-01Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2012[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE26}}]
{{USNS|Butte|T-AE-27|2}}AE-27General Dynamics, Quincy1968-12-141996-06-03Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2006[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE27}}]
{{USS|Santa Barbara|AE-28|2}}AE-28Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard1970-07-111998-09-30Stricken, scrapped[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE28}}]
{{USS|Mount Hood|AE-29|2}}AE-29Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard1971-05-01Stricken, scrapped[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE29}}]
{{USS|Flint|AE-32|2}}AE-32Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula1971-11-201995-08-04Sold for scrap 24 November 2015{{cite web |title=National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory For the Month Ending September 30, 2016 |url=https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/docs/data-reports/data-statistics/7901/i160930.pdf |website=National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory For the Month Ending September 30, 2016 |publisher=MARAD |access-date=19 October 2022}}[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE32}}]
{{USS|Shasta|AE-33|2}}AE-33Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula1972-02-261997-10-01Stricken, scrapped commencing in November 2013[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE33}}]
{{USNS|Mount Baker|T-AE-34|2}}AE-34Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula1972-07-221996-12-18Stricken, scrapped[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE34}}]
{{USNS|Kiska|T-AE-35|2}}AE-35Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula1972-12-161996-08-01Stricken, to be disposed of by dismantling[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AE35}}]

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