Detroit (AOE 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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

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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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