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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

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AOE-4 Detroit

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Whiskey - Quebec NDWQ

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 (2)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendations (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean, 1-Libya)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6) - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Service Medal (2) - Coast Guard SOS Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support Ship:

Laid down, 29 November 1966, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Launched, 21 June 1969

Commissioned USS Detroit (AOE-4), 28 March 1970

Detroit was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and was home ported at Weapons Station Earle N.J.

Decommissioned, 17 February 2005

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 February 2005

Laid up at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA. awaiting disposal

Final Disposition, contract awarded for scrapping in September 2005 to ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX. officially transferred to ESCO Marine, 17 October 1005, scrapping completed, 3 November 2006

Specifications:
Displacement 18,884 t.(lt) 49,956 t.(fl)
Length 793'
Beam 107'
Draft 38' (max.)
Speed 26 kts.
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	Source
109k	Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal"	Bob Bush
41k	Atlantic Ocean, 12 December 1979 — Aerial view of the Independence (CV-62) battle group as it heads home from deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. The ships are, clockwise from top, Farragut (DDG-37), McCandless (FF-1084), Independence (CV-62), Detroit (AOE-4), Garcia (FF-1040), Mahan (DDG-42), Caron (DD-970) and Peterson (DD-969). US Navy photo by PHC C. Pedrick (DVIC id: DNSC8200297).	Defense Visual Information Center
19k	Detroit (AOE-4) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	USS Detroit (AOE-4) web site
37k	Detroit (AOE-4) replenishing two destroyers, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	-
77k	Detroit (AOE-4) in port, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	.
66k	Detroit (AOE-4) and Philippine Sea (CG-58), 23 February 1999, during underway replenishment operations. The ships are in the Adriatic Sea supporting NATO air strikes in Kosovo. US Navy photo	.
49k	Ford (FFG 54) moves off after replenishing from Detroit (AOE 4) while conducting operations in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Photo by PH3 Joseph Hendricks US Navy photo 980106-N-2302H-001	Chinfo
90k	Detroit (AOE 4) anchored at San Remo, Italy 1986	Photo submitted by Tom Kermen, courtesy of Michael Hughes, USS Detroit
62k	Detroit (AOE 4) during an underway replenishment of Peterson (DD-969), date and place unknown.	Robert Hurst
107k	Detroit (AOE-4) and Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conduct a replenishment at sea (RAS) while underway in the Arabian Sea supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, December 6, 2001. US Navy photo # 011206-N-2003S-503 by PH2(AW) Jason Scarborough.	USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) web site
107k	Arabian Sea, Nov. 11, 2003 — The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64), top, and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), bottom, underway alongside the fast combat support ship USS Detroit (AOE-4) during a replenishment at sea. The *Enterprise* Carrier Strike Group (CSG) was on a scheduled deployment conducting missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Douglas M. Pearlman (# 031111-N-6259P-004).	US Navy NewsStand
116k	Persian Gulf, Jan. 27, 2004 — The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), fast combat support ship USS Detroit (AOE-4), and the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) perform a replenishment at sea. The *Enterprise* Carrier Strike Group (CSG) was nearing the end of a scheduled deployment in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua E. Helgeson (# 040127-N-5405H-002).	US Navy NewsStand
95k	Detroit (AOE-4) steams alongside Enterprise (CVN-65) while conducting an early morning Replenishment at Sea (RAS) in the Arabian Sea, 10 January 2004. Both ships were conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. US Navy photo #040110-N-5405H-001 by PHAN Joshua E. Helgeson.	US Navy NewsStand
1072k	Detroit (T-AOE-4) conducts an underway replenishment to transfer fuel and supplies to the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN-74), 20 February 2007. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). MSO help set the conditions for security and stability, as well as aid counter-terrorism and security efforts to the regional nations. US Navy photo # 070220-N-0684R-007 North Arabian Sea (Feb. 20, 2007) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ron Reeves.	Douglas Brown