Nitro class ammunition ship
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 USS Nitro (left) replenishing the USS Intrepid in the early 1960s |
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| Class overview | |
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| Preceded by: | Mount Hood-class ammunition ship |
| Succeeded by: | Kilauea-class ammunition ship |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Laid up: | 3 |
| Retired: | 1993-1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ammunition carrier |
| Displacement: | 9,050 tons (light), 15,489 tons (Full) |
| Length: | 512 ft (Overall) |
| Beam: | 72 ft |
| Armour: | none |
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The Nitro class ammunition ships are a class of three auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. Launched in 1958-9, they were among the first specialised underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War, to carry munitions and the new guided missiles. These and the Suribachi class ammunition ships are sometimes considered to form a single class.
The Nitros were decommissioned in 1993-5 following the end of the Cold War and are currently mothballed.
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