Supply-class fast combat support ship
{{Short description|Class of United States Navy logistics ships}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = US Navy 060507-N-7748K-015 The Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) sails through the Atlantic Ocean in formation with the Enterprise Carrier Strike group (CSG).jpg | Ship caption = USNS Supply in 2006 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = | Builders = National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California | Operators = {{naval|United States}} | Class before = {{sclass|Sacramento|fast combat support ship|4}} | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1989-1998 | In service range = 1994-Present | In commission range = 1994-2004 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 4 | Total ships completed = 4 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 2 | Total ships laid up = 2 | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 0 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Fast combat support ship | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = {{convert|48800|LT|t}} | Ship length = {{convert|754|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall) | Ship beam = {{convert|107|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (extreme beam) | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|39|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = {{convert|105000|HP|MW|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines, Two Propellers | Ship speed = {{convert|25|kn|km/h}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *Multiple .50-caliber machine guns
| Ship aircraft = Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
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.[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4400&tid=300&ct=4%20 USNS Supply-class Factsheet]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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 announced intentions to retire them starting in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140712/DEFREG02/307120025/Big-Supply-Ships-May-Get-Reprieve-Now |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140726014518/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140712/DEFREG02/307120025/Big-Supply-Ships-May-Get-Reprieve-Now |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |title=Big Supply Ships May Get Reprieve - For Now |last1=CAVAS |first1=CHRISTOPHER P. |date=12 July 2014 |website=www.defensenews.com |publisher=Gannett Government Media |access-date=20 July 2014}} The Supply-class ships are built to military combatant standards and are shock hardened.{{cite web|title=AOE 6 Supply Fast Combat Support Ship|url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/aoe-6.htm|website=fas.org|access-date=13 October 2017|quote=The AOE 6 class ships, which are built to a MIL-SPEC combatant standards design, and have survivability features (i.e., shock, blast, etc.) equivalent to other ships in the CVBG, significantly extends the endurance of the CVBG for combat operations.}}
As of early 2023, USNS Rainier and USNS Bridge have been taken out of service and struck. Along with the remaining two Supply-class ships, US Navy fleets are currently supplied by {{sclass|Lewis and Clark|dry cargo ship}}s as well as {{sclass|Henry J. Kaiser|replenishment oiler|0}} and {{sclass|John Lewis|replenishment oiler}}s.
Ships
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| Ship | Hull No. | Builder | Commissioning– Decommissioning | NVR Page | Status |
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| Supply | T-AOE-6 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA | 1994–2001 (Transferred to MSC) | {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AOE6|title=T-AOE-6}} | active |
| Rainier | T-AOE-7 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA | 1995–2003 (Transferred to MSC) | {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AOE7|title=T-AOE-7}} | reserve |
| Arctic | T-AOE-8 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA | 1995–2002 (Transferred to MSC) | {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AOE8|title=T-AOE-8}} | active |
| Bridge | T-AOE-10 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA | 1998–2004 (Transferred to MSC) | {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AOE10|title=T-AOE-10}} | reserve |
General characteristics
- Displacement: 19,700 tons (empty), 49,000 tons (full)
- Length: {{convert|754|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (overall)
- Beam: {{convert|107|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} (extreme beam)
- Draft: {{convert|39|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
- Export power: 78.33MW
- Maximum speed: 25 knots
- Range 6,000 nm
- Complement 40 officers + 667 enlisted (USN), 176 civilians, 30-45 military (MSC)
- Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500
Cargo capacity
- Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): {{convert|1965600|USgal|L}}
- JP-5 fuel: {{convert|2620800|USgal|L}}
- Bottled gas: 800 bottles
- Ordnance stowage: {{convert|2150|ST|t}}
- Chill and freeze stowage: {{convert|250|ST|t}}
- Water: {{convert|20000|USgal|L}}
Notes
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References
- [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4400&tid=300&ct=4%20 Official MSC Class Factsheet]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- [https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/aoe6/ Supply class at Naval-technology.com]
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Category:Auxiliary replenishment ship classes
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