Mauna Kea (AE 22) - Naval Cruise Book

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I I , 1 , , ' from2 tons of ammunition during two hugldred seventy underway replenishment epwmons v 1 1 ks r- -wiki?-H-elf X SS MAUNA KEA CAE 221, the second of five Suribachi-class ammllllftlon Sh?S'J'aS 1 built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at their Sparrows Point Shipyard in Mary an an MAUNA KEA's keel was laid 16 May 1955, and she was launched the following year 6 3 May. Named for the volcano whose peak is the highest in the Hawaiian Islands, h MAUNA KEA was commissioned in a ceremony held at Sparrows Point on 30 Marc E 1957 and was orginally homeported at Mare Island, Vallejo, California. Iiier ma1denl960 - deployment to the Western Pacific began in November of that year, and in October she became the first ammunition ship to transfer missiles at sea. Q . ' m MAUNA KEA played a vital role in support of U.S. Seventh Fleet during theegsigg conflict. The ship earned the Vietnam Campaign Award twelve times andtvvas Prf 24 000 two Meritorious Unit Commendations, the first for the safe and timely de11VCfY 0 ' 3, 1 4

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1ACTERI TICS 1 1 1 1 I USS RANGER qcv 615 USS CHOSIN CCG 655 il USNS PECOS CT-A0197 I USS DIXON QAS 375 I USS WABASH CAOR 55 USNS KILAUEA QT-AE26 USS FANNING QPF 10765 USS LASALLE CAGF 31 USS TAYLOR CFFG 505 Mv LAWRENCE H. GIANELLA USS KINKAID CDD 9655 USS PAUL F. FoSTER CDD 9645 USS JOUETT CCG 295 USS KIRK CFP 10875 USS HEWITT IDD 9665 USS NIAGRA FALLS CAPS 35 USS KITTY HAWK qcv 635 USS SACRAMENTO CAOE 15 USS HALEAKALA QAE 255 USS FLINT CAE 325 STATS 4,000 TONS AMMO TRANSFERRED 962 VERTREPED 107 DAYS AT SEA 47 UNREPS 25,000 -1- MILES TRANSITED 1,515 CONREPED LIFTS Delivered 275 MGALS fuel Cfour times more than our previous deploymentj USS MAUNA KEA operated in EASTPAC, WESTPAC, Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf, transited ISE the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific. We transited the Straits of Surigao, Balabac, Malacca and Hormuz. Port Visits: Singapore, Phuket, Thailandg Jebel Ali, UAE, Bahraing Fremantle and Sydney, Australia, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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1 ' . 1 6 L A. . I G n 1 1 l l I fi . l l U -,-nv' r n l B in l 'f1ge,,,u.i.. -' fp W , 1, .. . h 1-sz: ., gf -.-.3 +A. Ag . Y ,m,,i.,,. V., Q, A v. ,, 4 J, , May. '.:VH.,x,,, 4' , ,. -' f' ' ' 'sf Q f Qs.. . A, ' 5..,f s.,I5g l :ff ., March to 6 October 1968, and the second for the transfer of 10,000 tons of ammunition during eighty-seven replenishments from 10 June 1970 to 29 January 1971. During her 1975 deployment, MAUNA KEA received sixty-six ships alongside and in addition to a ordinance provided her customers with over two millions gallons of fuel. Homeported in Concord, California, USS MAUNA KEA CAE 221 is currently the oldest, most experienced ammunition ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The first permanently assigned women reported about in December 1990. She served on deployment with BATTLEGROUP E , which began 01 August 92 through 01 February 93. .She served in Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, North Arabian Sea and Arabian Gulf. Returning from her current deployment on 31 February 92, MAUNA KEA resumes her role as a mainstay of the Navy's Combat Logistics Force in the Eastern Pacific. W., ,, , ,