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AE-33 / T-AE Shasta

Call sign: November - Romeo - November - Charlie
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 Kawishiwi (T-AO-146), date and place unknown. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    USNS Shasta (T-AE-33)
    Shasta 72k USNS Shasta (T-AE-33) comes alongside 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 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 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
    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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