NAVY FACT FILE 
 
USS MAUNA KEA (AE 22)
MISSION: 
Ammunition ships deliver ammunition, either independently or with other 
combat logistic ships, to combatants and/or battle group station ships 
using both connected replenishment and vertical replenishment.  

COMMENTARY: The Navy now has two classes of ammunition ships: the 
Kilauea class and the Suribachi/Nitro class. Kilauea (T-AE 26), 
lead ship of the class,  is operated by the Military Sealift 
Command. 

KILAUEA CLASS (AE-26) 
Displacement:   Approximately 18,088 tons full load 
Length:    564 feet 
Beam:       81 feet 
Speed:      20 knots 
Power Plant:    Three boilers, geared turbines, one shaft, 
                22,000 shaft horsepower 
Aircraft:  Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 
Armament:  Four three-inch/50-caliber guns; <R>two Phalanx 
           close-in weapons systems to be fitted 
Complement:     410 
Builders:  AE-26, 27, General Dynamics, 
                      Quincy Shipbuilding Division; 
              28, 29, Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD; 
               32-35, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. 
Units: 
USS Butte (AE-27); Weapons Station, Earle, NJ 
USS Santa Barbara (AE-28); Weapons Station, Charleston, SC 
USS Mount Hood (AE-29); Concord, CA 
USS Flint (AE-32); Concord, CA 
USS Shasta (AE-33); Concord, CA 
USS Mount Baker (AE-34); Weapons Station, Charleston, SC 
USS Kiska (AE-35); Concord, CA 
SURIBACHI (AE-21) AND NITRO CLASS (AE-23) 
Displacement:   15,500 tons full load 
Length:    512 feet 
Beam: 72 feet 
Speed:     Approximately 20 knots 
Power Plant:    Two boilers, geared turbines, one shaft, 
16,000 shaft horsepower 
Aircraft:  None 
Armament:  Four three-inch/50-caliber guns 
Complement:     AEs 21 and 22: 390 
Builders:  Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point,<R>MD 
Nitro Class Units: 
USS Nitro (AE-23); Weapons Station, Earle, NJ 
USS Pyro (AE-24); Concord, CA 
USS Haleakala (AE-25); Guam
 
Suribachi Class Units: 
USS Suribachi (AE-21); Weapons Station, Earle, NJ 
USS Mauna Kea (AE-22); Concord, CA
 
SOURCE: Department of the Navy (OP-03PA); Washington, DC 
20350-2000; (202) 694-6049