Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship

The Kilauea class ammunition ship is a class of eight United States Navy cargo vessels designed for underway replenishment of naval warships. The ships were constructed 1968–72 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 will eventually all be replaced by the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships. The lead ship of the class, Kilauea, was commissioned on 10 August 1968, and the last, the Kiska, on 16 December 1972.

Ships
Ship Hull No. Builder Commissioned Transferred to MSC Status NVR link
Kilauea T-AE-26 General Dynamics, Quincy 1968-08-10 1980-10-01 Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2012
Butte T-AE-27 General Dynamics, Quincy 1968-12-14 1996-06-03 Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2006
Santa Barbara T-AE-28 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard 1970-07-11 1998-09-30 Stricken, scrapped
Mount Hood T-AE-29 Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard 1971-05-01 1999-08-10 Stricken, transferred to Maritime Administration
Flint T-AE-32 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1971-11-20 1995-08-04 Active
Shasta T-AE-33 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-02-26 1997-10-01 Out of Commission, In Reserve
Mount Baker T-AE-34 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-07-22 1996-12-18 Inactive, out of service, in reserve
Kiska T-AE-35 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula 1972-12-16 1996-08-01 Stricken, to be disposed of by dismantling

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