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AE-34 Mount Baker

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (3-Lebanon, 1-Libya, 1 Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal
Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 October 1970, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 23 October 1971
  • Commissioned, USS Mount Baker (AE-34), 22 July 1972
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1996
  • Placed in service with MSC as USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34), assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (PM1), MSC Europe
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,915 t.(lt) 20,169 t.(fl)
    Length 564'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 20 kts.
    MSC Complement 125 civilian mariners, 55 navy
    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, 22,000shp
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    USS Mount Baker (AE-34)
    Mount Baker 85k Mount Baker (AE-34) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Mount Baker 50k Mount Baker (AE-34) pierside, Naval Station Rota, Spain, date unknown. Photo by Manolo Budiņo
    Mount Baker 74k Mount Baker (AE-34) during a training exercise with Nimitz (CVN-68) off Guantanemo Bay, Cuba, circa 1975-1977.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Mount Baker 122k Mount Baker (AE-34) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine March 1980    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Mount Baker 36k Mount Baker (AE-34) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Mike Smolinski
    Mount Baker 4673k Mount Baker (AE-34) underway, circa 1975, location unknown.
    Photo ©Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. Available on line at Atlantic Fleet Sales web site    		 Robert M. Cieri
    USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
    Mount Baker 201k Mount Baker (T-AE-34) arrives for a routine port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 17 March 2004. Mount Baker is one of Military Sealift Command's six Ammunition Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (NFAF). These ships perform underway replenishment services for Navy battle groups and deliver food, fuel, spare parts and ammunition.
    US Navy photo # 040317-N-0780027 by Paul Farley from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Mount Baker 130k Mount Baker (T-AE-34) is assisted by tugs as she arrives for a routine port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 17 March 2004.
    US Navy photo # 040317-N-0780F-024 by Paul Farley    		 US Navy NewsStand web site
    Mount Baker 296k Mount Baker (T-AE-34) drydocked at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. for repairs, 22 November 2004. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Newport News Bill Gonyo
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    There is no DANFS history available for Mount Baker (AE-34) at NavSource
    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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