For other ships with the same name, see USS Mount Baker.
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
History
United States
Name
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
Namesake
Mount Baker
Awarded
8 March 1968[1]
Builder
Ingalls Shipbuilding[1]
Laid down
5 October 1970[1]
Launched
23 October 1971[1]
Commissioned
22 July 1972[1]
Decommissioned
18 December 1996[1]
In service
18 December 1996
Out of service
2 August 2010[2]
Identification
IMO number: 8937053
Fate
Scrapped 2012
General characteristics
Class and type
Kilauea-class ammunition ship
Displacement
20,000 tons (20,300 t) full load
Length
564.3 ft (172.0 m) overall
Beam
81 ft (25 m)
Draft
28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion
Three Foster-Wheeler boilers; 600 psi (42 kg/cm², 4.2 MPa); 870 °F (470 °C); 1 turbine, 22,000 hp (16.4 MW); single six-bladed propeller; Automated Propulsion System (APS)
Speed
20 knots
Capacity
60,000 ft3/6,000 tons of ammunition
Complement
125 civilians, 55 naval personnel (including a helicopter detachment)
Aircraft carried
Two CH-46 helicopters
Aviation facilities
Hangar and landing pad
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) was the seventh of eight Kilauea-class ammunition ships. She served in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1996 and with the Military Sealift Command from 1996 to 2010. She was scrapped in 2012.
^ abcdef"Mount Baker". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^Scutro, Andrew (23 July 2009). "Subs, frigate on list of ships being retired". Military Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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