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AE-35 Kiska

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Kilauea Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 April 1971, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 11 March 1972
  • Commissioned, USS Kiska (AE-35), 16 December 1972
  • Decommissioned, 1 August 1996 and placed in service by MSC as USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
  • Kiska is assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (PM1) 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 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, 22,000hp
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    USS Kiska (AE-35)
    Kiska 114k Kiska (AK-35) launching, 11 March 1972, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula, MS.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine January 1976    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Kiska 57k Kiska (AK-35), date and place unknown.
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    Kiska 53k Kiska (AK-35), underway, date and place unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Kiska 76k Kiska (AK-35), underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Kiska 104k Kiska (AK-35) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine February 1981    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Kiska 44k Kiska (AK-35) entering San Francisco Bay after passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, date unknown.
    ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.    		 Mike Smolinski
    USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
    Kiska 67k Kiska (T-AK-35) underway in December 2002 just outside the breakwater at Astoria , OR. after completion of her 2002 dry docking John Burke
    Kiska 374k Kiska (T-AK-35) moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA., December 2005. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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