Suribachi-class ammunition ship

Class overview
USS Suribachi
Name:	Suribachi class
Builders:	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
Operators:	United States Navy
Built:	1955–1957
In commission:	1956–1995
Completed:	2
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ammunition ship
Displacement:	9,758 long tons (9,915 t) light 15,688 long tons (15,940 t) full
Length:	512 ft (156 m)
Beam:	72 ft (22 m)
Draft:	28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion:	2 × boilers Steam turbines Single shaft 16,000 shp (11,931 kW)
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	344
Armament:	4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter landing pad

The Suribachi-class ammunition ships are a class of two auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialized underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. The Nitro-class ammunition ships are sometimes considered part of this class.

Mauna Kea was used for target practice in 2006, and Suribachi was scrapped in the summer of 2009.

Units

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Commission– Decommission	Fate	Link
Suribachi	AE-21	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	1956–1994	Sold for scrapping, 2009
Mauna Kea	AE-22	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	1957–1995	Sunk as target during RIMPAC, 12 July 2006

Suribachi-class ammunition ships

Suribachi Mauna Kea

Preceded by: USS Fomalhaut Followed by: Nitro class

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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