USS Suribachi

USS Suribachi (AE-21)
History
United States
Name	USS Suribachi
Namesake	Mount Suribachi
Builder	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
Laid down	31 January 1955
Launched	2 November 1955
Commissioned	17 November 1956
Decommissioned	2 December 1994
Stricken	12 December 1996
Motto	"THIS ROUNDS ON US"
Nickname(s)	"BACHI"
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 2009
General characteristics
Class and type	Suribachi-class ammunition ship
Displacement	9,758 long tons (9,915 t) light 15,688 long tons (15,940 t) full
Length	512 ft (156 m)
Beam	72 ft
Draught	28 ft
Propulsion	2 × boilers steam turbines single shaft 16,000 shp
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	20 officers 324 enlisted
Armament	4 × twin 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns

USS Suribachi (AE-21) was a Suribachi-class ammunition ship of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 31 January 1955 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 2 November 1955; sponsored by Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd; and commissioned on 17 November 1956. She was named for the volcano of Iwo Jima, Mount Suribachi, the hill where the photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken.