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USNS Shasta (T-AE-33)
ex
 USS Shasta (AE-33) (1972 - 1997)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - November - Charlie
NRNC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2)
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (4-Boat People) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 November 1969, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 5 April 1971
  • Commissioned, USS Shasta (AE-33), 26 February 1972
  • Decommissioned, 10 October 1997
  • Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Shasta (T-AE-33), 1 October 1997, as part of the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (PM1) assigned to MSC Pacific
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,915 t.(lt) 20,169 t.(fl)
    Length 564'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement (MSC) 125 Civilian Mariners, 55 Naval Personnel
    Cargo Capacity 60,000 cu ft/6,000t. Ammunition
    Armament four twin 3"/50 gun mounts
    Aircraft two UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
    Propulsion three Foster-Wheeler 600psi boilers, one steam turbine, single six bladed fixed propeller, 22,000hp
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    USS Shasta (AE-33)
    Shasta 111k USS Shasta (AE-33) entering San Francisco Bay,
    with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Shasta 91k USS Shasta (AE-33) underway, date and place unknown.
    ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.    		 Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Shasta 47k USS Shasta (AE-33) at anchor in the harbor at Hong Kong, BCC, April 1973. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Shasta 65k USS Shasta (AE-33) underway, circa 1985, place unknown. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Shasta 72k USS Shasta (AE-33) coming alongside USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146), date and place unknown. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Shasta 105k USS Shasta (AE-33) ships bronze plaque. Cyrus Hoofnsnoot
    USNS Shasta (T-AE-33)
    Shasta 72k USNS Shasta (T-AE-33) comes alongside USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) off the US Pacific coast, 12 October 2001 for a Replenishment at Sea during John C. Stennis's work up for her coming deployment about two weeks later. Fabio Peņa
    Shasta 104k USNS Shasta (T-AE-33) steams alongside USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to conduct an early morning underway replenishment off the southern California coast, 1 November 2002. Carl Vinson was conducting training in preparation for their next regularly scheduled deployment.
    US Navy photo 021101-N-9236M-013 by Lt. Cdr. Bob Meeker.    		 US Navy Newsstand
    Shasta 70k USNS Shasta (T-AE-33) underway following an ammunition transfer with the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), 5 September 2004, in the Pacific Ocean.
    US Navy photo 040905-N-5232L-074 by PHAN Jason D. Landon.    		 US Navy Newsstand
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Ammunition Ships T-AE
    "AE" Sailors Association
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