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USS Seattle (AOE-3)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Bravo - November NABN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation (4) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2)
Third Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean, 2-Lebanon) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 2-Persian Gulf, 1-unknown)
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support Ship:

Laid down, 1 October 1965 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA

Launched, 1 March 1968

Commissioned USS Seattle (AOE-3), 5 April 1969, CAPT. Bruce Keener III in command

Decommissioned, 15 March 2005, at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 2005

Final Disposition, contract awarded for scrapping in September 2005 to ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX. transferred to ESCO, 9 February 2006, scrapping completed, 26 January 2007

Specifications:
Displacement 18,884 t.(lt) 49,956 t.(fl)
Length 793'
Beam 107'
Draft 38' (max.)
Speed 26kts
Complement

24 Officers

576 Enlisted
Aircraft

two CH46E Sea Knight helicopters
Armament

NATO Sparrow missiles

two Phalanx CIWS
Propulsion

four boilers

two geared steam turbines

two shafts, 100,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
95k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway ,date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
84k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
91k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway in the Caribbean Sea, June 1975	©Richard Leonhardt
100k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway in the Caribbean Sea, June 1975	©Richard Leonhardt
46k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
53k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** underway, date and unknown. US Navy photo	USS Seattle (AOE-3) web site
61k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3)** docking at Naval Station Rota, Spain, date unknown.	Photo by Manolo Budiño
68k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3) replenishes USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) on her port side as the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36)** receives fuel and supplies from her starboard side. US Navy photo # 020709-N-6492H-512 by PH1 Jim Hampshire, 9 July 2002.	U.S. Navy
91k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3) underway off the North Carolina coast during an RAS with, USS Hue City (CG-66)** 10 February 2002.	Photo by Lt. Steve Dundas, CHC USNR USS Hue City
37k	*USS Seattle* (AOE-3) with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)*, 14 June 2002 in the Northern Arabian Sea during Operation Enduring Freedom*.	Photo by LT Steve Dundas, CHC USNR
43k	Ex-*USS Seattle* (AOE-3) laid up at the US Navy Ship Inactive Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA., in June 2005. The bow of the cruiser Ex-USS Des Moines (CA-134)** is in the right foreground of the photo.	Photo by Bob Haner USS Seattle

View the USS Seattle (AOE-3)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Seattle AOE-3
"AE" Sailors Association

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Last Updated 12 May 2008