Supply class fast combat support ship

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USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)
Class overview
Builders:	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Sacramento class
Succeeded by:	N/A
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Fast combat support ship
Displacement:	58,800 tons
Length:	754 ft (overall)
Beam:	107 ft (extreme beam)
Draft:	39 ft
Propulsion:	four General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; two shafts; 105,000 hp (78 MW)
Speed:	25 knots

The Supply class fast combat support ships is a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

[edit] Ships

Ship	Hull No.	Builder	Commissioning– Decommissioning	NVR Page
Supply	T-AOE-6	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California	1994–2001 (Transferred to MSC)	T-AOE-6
Rainier	T-AOE-7	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California	1995–2003 (Transferred to MSC)	T-AOE-7
Arctic	T-AOE-8	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California	1995–2002 (Transferred to MSC)	T-AOE-8
Bridge	T-AOE-10	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California	1998–2004 (Transferred to MSC)	T-AOE-10

[edit] General Characteristics

Cargo Capacity

• Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,440 m³)^[1]
• JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,920 m³)^[1]
• Bottled gas: 800 bottles^[1]
• Ordnance stowage: 2,150 tons^[1]
• Chill and freeze stowage: 400 tons^[1]
• Water: 20,000 US gallons (76 m³)^[1]

[edit] References

• Official MSC Class Factsheet

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