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USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
ex
 USS Supply (AOE-6) (1994 - 2001)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal (Op. Restore Hope, Somalia) - Armed Forces Service Medal
Supply Class Fast Combat Support Ship.:
  • Laid down, 24 February 1989, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, Co., San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 6 October 1990
  • Commissioned USS Supply (AOE-6), 26 February 1994
  • Decommissioned, 13 July 2001, assigned to MSC, and placed in service as USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
  • USNS Supply is currently assigned to Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, MSC Atlantic, and is homeported at Earle, N.J.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 48,800 t.(fl)
    Length 754'
    Beam 107'
    Draft 40'
    Speed 25 kts
    Complement
    In Commission, 40 Officers, 35 Chief Petty Officers, 591Enlisted
    In Service 176 Civilian Mariners, 59 Military
    Cargo Capacity 19,700 t.,
    Fuel Capacities
    Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM) 1,965,600 gallons
    JP-5 Fuel 2,620,800 gallons
    Lube Oil, 500 55 gallon drums
    Bottled Gas 800 bottles,
    Ordnance Stowage 1,800 long tons
    Chill and Freeze Stowage 400 long tons
    Water 20,000 Gallons (Emergency Transfer)
    Underway Replenishment Systems
    one Receive-Only Sliding Padeye
    four 10 Ton Cargo Booms
    three Double-Probe Stream Fueling Stations
    two Single-Probe Stream Fueling Stations
    Aircraft three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters;
    Command and Control Communications
    AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
    AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
    MK 23 Target Acquisition System
    WRN-6 NAVSTAR GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver
    OMEGA Navigation Receiver
    MK 22 AIMS IFF
    Full Communications Suite
    Armament
    one NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS)
    two Close-In-Weapons System (CIWS)
    two 25mm Machine Guns
    four .50-Caliber Machine Guns
    one AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare System
    four Decoy Launchers
    one NIXIE (Torpedo Decoy System)
    Propulsion
    four LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 shp)
    two Reversing Reduction Gears (RRGs)
    four Reversing Converter Couplings (RRCs)
    two Shafts with 23-Foot Fixed-Pitch Propellers
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    USS Supply (AOE-6)
    Supply 34k Supply (AOE-6) at San Diego (note the Coronado Bridge in the background) while undergoing sea trials prior to commissioning in February 1994.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Supply 57k USS Supply (AOE-6) commissioning invitation for the commissioning ceremony held at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., 26 February 1994. David Buell
    Supply 355k USS Supply (AOE-6) at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., commissioning day, 26 February 1994. © David Buell
    Supply 398k
    Supply 367k
    Supply 33k USS Supply (AOE-6), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Supply 59k USS Supply (AOE-6), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists
    Supply 54k USS Supply (AOE-6) moored pierside at Norfolk, VA. in 1995.
    US Navy photo    		 Photo by Jon Stacy
    Supply 81k USS Supply (AOE-6) underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
    Wasp 111k USS Wasp (LHD-1) receives nearly 65 thousand gallons of fuel during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), 17 July 2002. The two ships are sailing at a distance of about 150 feet apart, a feat requiring excellent seamanship. The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The MEU is an expeditionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize for combat operations in virtually any environment. It demonstrates the power of the Navy-Marine Corps Team.
    US Navy photo # 020717-N-6380E-001 by PHAN Teresa Ellison, photo from US Navy Newsstand web site.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Supply 59k USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) conducts underway replenishment with USS George Washington (CVN-73) and USS Normandy (CG-60) in the Gulf of Oman, 9 September 2002 . US Navy photo by PH1 David C. Lloyd. [020909-N-1348L-006]. US Navy NewsStand
    Supply 87k USNS Supply (AOE-6) conducts an underway replenishment with USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Arabian Gulf, 30 June 2004.
    US Navy photo # 040630-N-3653A-206 by PH2 Summer M. Anderson.    		 US Navy NewsStand web site
    Supply 112k USNS Supply (AOE-6) conducts an underway replenishment with the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) following operations with USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Arabian Gulf, 30 June 2004.
    US Navy photo # 040630-N-1082Z-056 by PH3 Jason R. Zalasky.    		 Navy NewsStand web site
    Supply 75k USNS Supply (AOE-6) and USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during an ordinance offload in the Atlantic Ocean, 13 March 2005. An SH-60B Seahawk assigned to the "Emerald Knights" of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Seven Five (HS-75) delivers a pallet of ordnance to Supply.
    US Navy photo # 050313-N-8704K-005 by PH3 Joshua Karsten.    		 Jack Treutle
    Supply 104k USNS Supply (AOE-6) conducting a connected replenishment and vertical replenishment while sailing through the Atlantic Ocean with USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Taylor (FFG-50), 3 March 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060303-N-0119G-009 by PH3 Rob Gaston, from the MSC web site.    		 Lee Wahler
    Supply 2496k USNS Supply (AOE-6) conducts a vertical replenishment with nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Persian Gulf, 4 October 2007.
    US Navy photo # 071004-N-7214F-031 PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 4, 2007) by MC2 Stacee Fitzgerald.    		 Lee Wahler
    Supply 461k USNS Supply (AOE-6) sails the Atlantic Ocean, 27 March 2008, before a replenishment-at-sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
    US Navy photo # 080328-N-7571S-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 27, 2008) by MC3 Jonathan Snyder.    		 Lee Wahler
    Supply 488k USNS Supply (AOE-6) steams between USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) while conducting a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Atlantic Ocean, 28 March 2008.
    US Navy photo # 080328-N-2838C-032 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 28, 2008) by MC2 Michael D. Cole.    		 Lee Wahler
    There is no DANFS history available for USS / USNS Supply (AOE-6 / T-AOE-6) at the US Naval Historical Center
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