USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)

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History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
Ordered22 January 1987
Builder National Steel and Shipbuilding
Laid down24 February 1989
Launched6 October 1990
Commissioned26 February 1994
Decommissioned13 July 2001
In service13 July 2001
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Supply class
Displacement48,800 long tons (49,600 t)
Length754.6 ft (230.0 m)
Beam107 ft (33 m)
Height39 ft (12 m)
Installed power105,000 hp (78 MW)
Propulsionfour General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines, Two Propellers
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement176 civilians, 59 military
Aircraft carriedTwo CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters

USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), ex-USS Supply (AOE-6), is the lead ship of the Supply-class fast combat support ships. [1] She was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which she was transferred for service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command.

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Operational history

U.S. Navy service

Supply was laid down on 24 February 1989 and was launched on 6 October 1990. She was commissioned in the United States Navy as USS Supply (AOE-6) on 26 February 1994 at Naval Air Station, North Island in San Diego, California. After her initial outfitting in San Diego, she sailed to Norfolk, Virginia via the Panama Canal and Caribbean Sea, arriving on 7 August 1994.

Military Sealift Command service

Navy Petty Officer fires a supply line to the USNS Supply in the Baltic Sea, June 16, 2020, during Baltic Operations, an annual maritime exercise in the region. Navy Petty Officer fires a line to the USNS Supply in the Baltic Sea.jpg
Navy Petty Officer fires a supply line to the USNS Supply in the Baltic Sea, June 16, 2020, during Baltic Operations, an annual maritime exercise in the region.

After service in the U.S. Navy from 1994 through 2001 as USS Supply (AOE-6), she was decommissioned and her weapons systems were removed, then she was transferred on 13 July 2001 to the Military Sealift Command, which designated her USNS Supply (T-AOE-6). Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.

In 2014, Supply put into BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards in Mobile, Alabama for repairs.

In 2017, Supply put in for repairs in Boston, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ]

On 6 May 2022, Supply conducted an underway replenishment (UNREP) with cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG-56). [2]

Al Qaeda target

USNS Supply was allegedly the target of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in 2014. [3] AQIS claimed through Twitter and other social media forums that the AQIS attack on Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Zulfiquar was intended to attack USS Supply (sic). AQIS report contradicts the official Pakistan Navy account of the attack which states that the frigate was attacked by AQIS at the Naval Dockyard in Karachi. AQIS claims that PNS Zulfiqar crew were involved in the attempt to take over the ship at sea for attacking USS Supply and its unnamed naval escort.

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References

  1. USNS Supply-class Factsheet
  2. "USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022". usni.org. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. Thomas Joscelyn (Sep 29, 2014). "Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent claims attacks on Pakistani ships were more audacious than reported". The Long War Journal.

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