Supply-class Fast Combat Support Ship

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The Supply-class fast combat support ships are a class of eight United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Two modified Supply-class vessels were built for the Royal Australian Navy in the early-to-mid 2020s.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Fast Combat Support Ship (Hull designation symbol AOE/T-AOE)
  • Service Period: 1994-2001 (USN); 2005-Present (USN Military Sealift Command)
  • Characteristics
    • Length: 754 feet (229.82 meters)
    • Beam: 107 feet (31.62 meters)
    • Draft: 39 feet (11.89 meters)
    • Displacement: 49,600 tons
  • Cargo Capacity:
    • Diesel Fuel Marine: 1,965,600 US gallons
    • JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons
    • Bottled Gas: 800 bottles
    • Ordnance Stowage: 1,950 tons
    • Chill and Freeze Stowage: 360 tons
    • Water: 20,000 US gallons
  • Crew: 707 (40 officers and 667 enlisted)
  • Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines; 2 x shafts; 105,000 hp (78 MW)
  • Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
  • Speed; 26 knots (48.15 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
    • AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
    • Mk.23 Target Acquisition System
  • Countermeasures:
    • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
    • AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite
    • Mk.137 Decoy Launchers x 4
  • Armament:
    • 2 x 20mm Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS
    • 2 x 25mm Mk.38 Bushmaster II autocannons
  • Aircraft Carried: 2 x CH-46E/MH-60S maritime helicopters

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

United States Navy[edit | edit source]

  • USNS Supply (T-AOE-06)
  • USNS Rainier (T-AOE-07)
  • USNS Arctic (T-AOE-08)
  • USNS Conecuh (T-AOE-09)
  • USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
  • USNS Mojave (T-AOE-11)
  • USNS Sacramento (T-AOE-12)
  • USNS Cascadia (T-AOE-13)

Royal Australian Navy[edit | edit source]

  • HMAS Persistent (AOE-311) - planned for construction
  • HMAS Perseverance (AOE-312) - planned for construction