Detroit (AOE 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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UNITED STATES SHIP DEPOT FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIP On 28 March 1970 USS DETROIT QAOE 45 was commlssloned She joined the fleet as the fourth of four multn commodity fast combat support ships bullt for the U S Navy wlth ex battleship propulslon plants On 29 November 1966 her keel was land at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washmgton On 2 1 June 1969, she was christened and launched The lead shlp of the class USS SACRAMENTO QAOE lj, as well as the second, USS CAMDEN CAOE 2D, are assigned to the U S Paclflc Fleet USS SEATTLE QAOE 31 and USS DE ' I E 41 are assigned to the U S Atlantlc Fleet These mul M ' Q mbat support ships have brought an increased cap ZZ 22 Z' W 'Z derway replemshment W WWWX ZW W W W of provlslons, combat Z frgfywxy A products, vls a vls, Beans Bullets and Bl 'I e W replemshment faclll 7 W Z WX? X W W y M tles and sophlstlcated Z f X W Q! Z X re effectively accom W WW WXW WYE WWW pllsh the rapid transfer an o s e provldmg one stop W W W W shopping for their cus X if X se of their snze, these Z ta XW XW ZW 6 ships also have facnlntl Y s 1 fe mtenance servlce as WWW? W W X X WWW WW well as for speclal proj S ri ents WW W X , X Wlth four fuel flre s W Zigi gwwg mqdi le of producing over 800 000 pounds of st m 1 mf 6 d shlps can develop 100 000 shaft horsep X 'Eff han 30 knots Thls f X W Increased operatmg ca 5 for X dwg, 51 Wy mobile loglstlc sup port represents a slgnlf nee ow W W x 9 the full lwfentlal Of M 1 Naval Battle Groups at se I i x lon As an example, one AOE can provide mtegral logl W1 I o I e conventionally fueled large decked alrcraft carrier wlth a full alr wmg embarked and three conventionally fueled cruiser destroyer escorts for steaming 12 000 males, flymg 4000 hours, and reloading a full magazine of ammunition for each DETROIT IS 795 feet m length and 108 feet ln the beam When fully loaded with over 9 000 000 gallons of fuel, 3200 tons of ordnance and over 135 000 cublc feet of cargo, DETROIT wlll displace almost 53 000 tons and have a draft of 39 feet The ship IS armed wlth two Vulcan Phalanx 20 mm Close ln Weapons System and the NATO Sea Sparrow Mlsslle System There are berthnng and messing accommodatlons for 38 officers, 27 Chlef Petty Officers and 563 enlisted personnel When deployed, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and a Helicopter Support Detachment are embarked o o 7 - 0 ' ' 0 0 - o o , , , 0 0 ' , 0 0 7 0 ' 0 ' 0 o - 0 o Q - o o u o ' - . . fit, e Q43 .9 -. fy I IW ,. .1 , Q , ' , - 'I W WQ VW , . 1 ,ff f ' ' .f 3 -5 W1 X W . .,,. . LY fi ,if f ' I' 5' ' . J Xfylkg X Wx . ' , Q I .Il ZNWX Q j 'd. p' 1.131 0 O fg,: ,j--.,.,'v , ,I x l QW., X Q, ,,,- W ,JZ- F. :Iva , , IV, HJ, W , fx ,525 411, 9 , M .I - 1 A X D7 Ox X 66 A si 5 iw ,li Wfifyyfx V, ' it 9 0 0 I, . , 'l r 2 1 ,05 : T g W5C?,Hl 6 - 1 - ' Xt S' W , 5 ' W, ,w XX' M 'Q o o 13 W? X WW, n H ji v. Z Z o o C5 . , pf' -e a , 1W'W W - - ,, ,,,EW,,M , gl- X W ,V i 57,15 'W ,, W My W 1, 2v f1viWT -. ,S A W f , if o o o W, V 3, Q ff lf W5x Wy, U, W WN Wwg 0 0 I 1 Q , ZWT QQ 9'-I' . E-fi N952 EQQVWW, , 4, 3 I V? A Q I, X y f . L, X, ...W ' f 7 A ,. 14, i , 4,5 kt X X Z , 1, M .I , I , W , W, . , ,, ,I V, H X IW, Q ,f ' , v -f , 'fc W3 WC I f , 'W ,W 4 ,' 'f ,f f'. , I . I, rf If 1 M ,IW I I .. My ' ,v v 7 ,I I '. I I ' . ' ' ' f ff I ' ,4 1 f . 1 1 ' ,., I 1 ' ff '-'?,' fr.f ,'Wf'T '-,a ff ' , ...,'W., , W pf VW. , ,C M 2' 0 4, W , , ,f x WW i f A! A ,UW we ,Q 1 1- ,ft .qi 0 O ,W ,, 1 ff ,W , ,., ps Wf 7 ,,,,, , ff, 1,, ,, 0 0 0 ,-gxal2f,,Aa,,f7'l f Q Irfw 1 l 0 0 Q14 ' I WW: A if Ny, H ,,, - 0 ,ZW .51 1 ,D ' ' f 97 if 454,90 ,,,, fi X W A , V Q , M , 5 - 1 r ,Gy Ef f fx ae f Q. , ,W Q W W1 , V M y J , . gp WW , , W u me ,V ,f 0 0 0 fl? Q f J' 5 M 0 0 0 0 o W O 0 o o o ' 1 Q o o o c o o o Q Q 7 7 ' 0 o o 7 7 o 0 0 0 9 - - - 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 , Q o Q o I

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K W SHIPS NAMED DETROIT USS DETROIT QAOE-41 is the fifth ship in the U.S. Navy's history to be named in honor of the city of Detroit, Michigan. The first DETROIT, a 19-gun sloop, was captured from the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, having been built at the present-day Amherstburg, Ontario, a few months earlier. Badly dam- aged in the battle, she was towed to Put-in-Bay, Ohio, for repairs but remained laid up until bought by commercial trading interests in 1825. I The second DETROIT, a sloop-of-war, was originally christened CANADAIGUA, but was designated USS DETROIT from 15 May to 10 August 1869, after which she was renamed CANADAIGUA. The third DETROIT, a cruiser commissioned in 1893, had a longer and more colorful career than her predecessors. She steamed to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to protect American citizens during a period of civil unrest, then deployed to Asia for several years before the 1898 Spanish- American war. During this conflict, she deployed to the Caribbean and captured the Spanish steamer Catalina. She then maintained a Carib- bean patrol until she returned to Boston and was placed out of commls sion on 1 August 1905 The fourth DETROIT a light cruiser was commissioned in 1923 She served on lifeguard duty for the Army Air Corps around the world flight in 1924 She then served as flagship for cruiser and destroyer divisions in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets until 1941 She was in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack but managed to get underway and set up an anti aircraft barrage downing several enemy planes Assigned to convoy escort duty for most of the next year she was also tasked to can'y home to the U S 22 tons of gold and silver transferred from a submarine which had managed to escape from the falling Philippines Later she helped guard the Aleutian Islands bombarded Japanese installations in the Kurlles and served as flagship for aircraft carrier supply ships operating off Iwo Jima and Okinawa As one of the few ships to survive the opening day of the war at Pearl Harbor she was among the first to enter Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945 She was decommissioned four months later after having carried thousands of our troops home to the United States o 0 o o o 0 0 o 0 7 7 ' 0 0 2 I 1 0 Q Q Q o ooo 0 0 oo o Q o Q 7 oo 0 9 - , . 7 0 as 9 9 0 00 Q o o 7 o o o 0 , , . 7 o 0 0 9 . I Q o 7 ' 0 0 o . . I 0 I

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6 May 1992 F REWELL DETROIT A D i X L?