AE-21 Suribachi / Nitro 

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Ammunition ships deliver munitions to warships. Ammunition ships keep the fleet supplied with ammunition and ordnance, independently or with other combat logistic ships. Ammunition is delivered by slings on ship-to-ship cables, and by helicopter.

Until recently the Navy operated two classes of ammunition ships: the Kilauea class and the Suribachi/Nitro class, though the units of the later closely related classes have been withdrawn from service. The five ships of the AE 21 SURIBACHI-class have been stricken, to be disposed of by Navy sale, or have been disposed of by Navy with title transfered to the Maritime Administration. The five ships of the AE 12 WRANGELL-class have been disposed of by Navy with title transfered to the Maritime Administration.

 

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  AE-21 Suribachi AE-23 Nitro  
Builder  
Power Plant One Propeller
steam turbines
Length Overall Length: 511 ft
Waterline Length: 486 ft		 Overall Length: 512 ft
Waterline Length: 487 ft
Beam Extreme Beam: 72 ft
Waterline Beam: 72 ft		 Extreme Beam: 72 ft
Waterline Beam: 72 ft
Draft Maximum Navigational Draft: 28 ft
Draft Limit: 29 ft		 Maximum Navigational Draft: 27 ft
Draft Limit: 29 ft
Displacement Light Displacement: 9758 tons
Full Displacement: 15688 tons
Dead Weight: 5930 tons		 Light Displacement: 9050 tons
Full Displacement: 15489 tons
Dead Weight: 6439 tons
Speed knots ( mph)
Crew Officers: 18
Enlisted: 327
Aircraft none

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Name Number Builder Homeport Ordered Commissioned Decommissioned
Suribachi AE 21 Bethlehem   04 Jun 1954 17 Nov 1956 02 Dec 1994
Mauna Kea AE 22 Bethlehem   04 June 1954 30 Mar 1957 30 Jun 1995
Nitro AE 23 Bethlehem   23 Aug 1956 01 May 1959 28 Apr 1995
Pyro AE 24 Bethlehem   23 Aug 1956 24 Jul 1959 31 May 1994
Haleakala AE 25 Bethlehem   23 aug 1956 03 Nov 1959 10 Dec 1993
 
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