_at_Norfolk_2008.JPG) USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) |
| Namesake | Mount Baker |
| Awarded | 8 March 1968[1] |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding[1] |
| Laid down | 5 October 1970[1] |
| Launched | 23 October 1971[1] |
| Commissioned | 22 July 1972[1] |
| Decommissioned | 18 December 1996[1] |
| In service | 18 December 1996 |
| Out of service | 2 August 2010[2] |
| Identification | IMO number: 8937053 |
| Fate | Scrapped 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kilauea-class ammunition ship |
| Displacement | 20,000 tons (20,300 t) full load |
| Length | 564.3 ft (172.0 m) overall |
| Beam | 81 ft (25 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Three Foster-Wheeler boilers; 600 psi (42 kg/cm², 4.2 MPa); 870 °F (470 °C); 1 turbine, 22,000 hp (16.4 MW); single six-bladed propeller; Automated Propulsion System (APS) |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Capacity | 60,000 ft3/6,000 tons of ammunition |
| Complement | 125 civilians, 55 naval personnel (including a helicopter detachment) |
| Aircraft carried | Two CH-46 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and landing pad |
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) was the seventh of eight Kilauea-class ammunition ships. She served in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1996 and with the Military Sealift Command from 1996 to 2010. She was scrapped in 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mount Baker". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ Scutro, Andrew (23 July 2009). "Subs, frigate on list of ships being retired". Military Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.