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USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
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 USS Kiska (AE-35) (1972 - 1996)

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Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1 Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Mayaquez Operation, 1- Libya) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (Boat People, 21 July 79 - 30 Jun 84)
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)
  • USNS Kiska is assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (PM1) MSC Pacific
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,340 t.(lt) 19,940 t.(fl)
    Length 564'
    Beam 81'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    MSC 125 -133 Civilian Mariners
    Naval Detachment 30
    Cargo Capacity 60,000 cu ft 6,000DWT
    Armament
    USS - four twin 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    USNS - none
    Aircraft two MH60S Seahawk helicopters
    Propulsion
    one General Electric turbine
    three Foster-Wheeler 600psi boilers
    single six blade fixed propeller, 22,000shp
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    USS Kiska (AE-35)
    Kiska 114k USS Kiska (AE-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 USS Kiska (AE-35), date and location unknown.
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    Kiska 53k USS Kiska (AE-35), underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Kiska 76k USS Kiska (AE-35), underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Kiska 1275k Aerial view of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, May 1980. From left to right: ARD-24, river craft of Special Boat Unit 11 (SBU-11), USS Kiska (AE-35), USS Parche (SSN-683) with DSRV, and YM-35 dredging the area.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # MINSY 168005-5-80 NS    		 Darryl Baker
    Kiska 104k USS Kiska (AE-35) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine February 1981    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Kiska 44k USS Kiska (AE-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 USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) underway in December 2002 just outside the breakwater at Astoria, OR. after completion of her 2002 dry docking John Burke
    Kiska 374k USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA., December 2005. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    CVN-76 Ronald Reagan 132k USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), right, goes alongside USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) for ordnance offload in the Western Pacific Ocean during exercise Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration Foal Eagle 2007, 28 March 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070328-N-7130B-014 by MC2 Aaron Burden.    		 Robert M. Cieri
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    Kiska
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    There is no DANFS History available for USS / USNS Kiska (AE-35 / T-AE-35) at Navsource
    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Rockwood, Jerred Rushton15 December 1972 - November 1975
    02CDR. Toney, Robert L.November 1975 - December 1977
    03CDR. Fuscaldo, Robert PatrickDecember 1977 - February 1979
    04CDR. Clark, Frank E.February 1979 - April 1981
    05CDR. Balian, Alexander GeorgeApril 1981 - 17 December 1982
    06CDR. Bepko III, John Joseph :RADM17 December1982 - 5 February 1988
    07CDR. Schuknecht, Richard E.5 February 1988 - 18 December 1989
    08CAPT. Hewitt, Ronald E.18 December 1989 - 22 January 1992
    09CDR. Collins, Robert Theodore22 January 1992 - November 1993
    10CDR. Hixenbaugh, Paul NoelNovember 1993 - September 1995
    11CAPT. Reed, Nori AnnSeptember 1995 - 1 August 1996
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    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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