USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Arctic.
USNS Arctic
History
United States
Ordered6 December 1989
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding
Laid down2 December 1991
Launched30 October 1993
Commissioned11 September 1995
Decommissioned14 June 2002
In service14 June 2002
StatusIn active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Displacementapprox. 48,800 tons (49,600 t)
Length754.6 ft (230.0 m)
Beam107 ft (33 m)
Draught39 ft (12 m)
Propulsionfour General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines 105,000 hp (78 MW)
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement176 civilians, 59 military
Aircraft carriedA combination of two MH-60S helicopters
USNS Arctic as she sails alongside Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), formerly USS Arctic (AOE-8), is the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships and is the fifth supply ship to carry the name of the region surrounding the North Pole.

Arctic was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California.

Since 14 June 2002, Arctic has been operated by the Military Sealift Command, homeported in Earle, New Jersey. As a U.S. Naval Ship, Arctic no longer carries the weapons systems she previously (as USS Arctic) was equipped with. One of these systems was the Phalanx CIWS.

Arctic has the speed to keep up with the carrier strike groups. She rapidly replenishes Navy task forces and can carry more than 177,000 barrels (28,100 m3) of oil; 2,150 tons of ammunition; 500 tons of dry stores; and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. She receives petroleum products, ammunition, and stores from shuttle ships and redistributes these items simultaneously to carrier strike group ships. This reduces the vulnerability of serviced ships by reducing alongside time.

Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force.

USNS Arctic's cargo capacities:

  • Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441 m3)
  • JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,921 m3)
  • Bottled gas: 800 bottles
  • Ordnance stowage: 1,800 tons
  • Chill and freeze stowage: 400 tons
  • Water: 20,000 US gallons (76 m3)

USNS Arctic's refueling rigs can pump fuel at a rate of 3,000 US gallons (11 m3) per minute.

US Army helicopter crash

On October 22, 2009 a United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment crashed into the ship during a joint training exercise involving fast roping about 20 miles (32 km) off Fort Story, Virginia. The crash killed a soldier, Staff Sergeant James R. Stright, 29, and injured eight other service members.[1][2][3]

Sources

  1. ^ King, Lauren, "One Killed, Several Injured In Copter Crash On Navy Ship", Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, October 23, 2009.
  2. ^ Clayton, Cindy, and Lauren King, "Army, Navy Investigating Deadly Copter Crash On Ship", Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, October 24, 2009.
  3. ^ "Soldier killed in Black Hawk crash identified". Army Times. Associated Press. October 25, 2009.

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