The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The USS Mount Hood (AE-11) - March 12th, 2004

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[stand watie]

i LIKE it! maybe you should DO LOTS & pass them out!

free dixie,sw

[snippy_about_it]

Nice video find Sam, thanks.

[Aeronaut]

Good evening Snippy.

Loening M-2 "Kitten" (1918)

[snippy_about_it]

Awwww. And for some reason it looks like a kitten. Long flight today? Missed ya this morning.

[Aeronaut]

Long flight today? Missed ya this morning.

As a matter of fact, it was. I had to leave before the thread got posted, and I just got home.

[SAMWolf]

Ammunition Ships - AE

Description: Ammunition ships deliver munitions to warships.

Features: Ammunition ships keep the fleet supplied with ammunition and ordnance, independently or with other combat logistic ships. Ammunition is delivered by slings on ship-to-ship cables, and by helicopters.

Background The Navy's ammunition ships are all of the Kilauea class. The lead ship of the class, USNS Kilauea (T-AE 26), along with USNS Butte (T-AE 27), USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28), USNS Flint (T-AE 32), USNS Shasta (T-AE 33)USNS Mount Baker (T-AE 34) and USNS Kiska (T-AE 35) are operated by the Military Sealift Command with a civilian master and crew, but the remaining one is Navy manned with a commanding officer.

General Characteristics, Kiluauea Class
Builder: AE 29, Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Md.;
Power Plant: Three boilers, geared turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 564 feet (169.2 meters)
Beam: 81 feet (24.3 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 18,088 tons full load
Speed: 20 knots (23 miles, 36.8 km, per hour)
Aircraft: Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters

Ships:
USS Mount Hood (AE 29), Bremerton, Wash.
Crew: 17 officers, 366 enlisted
Armament: Two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems
Date deployed: 14 December 1968

[SAMWolf]

I can see why it was called a kitten.

Must have had a wind up rubber band for an engine. ;-)

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening all.

[snippy_about_it]

Good evening Victoria.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Snippy. :-)

[PhilDragoo]

Prayers for George and family.

SS-283 USS Tinosa

Ron's Designed Covers

[U S Army EOD]

I would have to say mishandling of ammo. It happens all the time.

[U S Army EOD]

Lessons learned: Never name an ammunition ship after a volcano.

[SAMWolf]

Good evening Victoria. Good one!

[SAMWolf]

Evening Phil.

Thanks for all the info on the USS TINOSA.

[SAMWolf]

Lessons learned: Never name an ammunition ship after a volcano.

Sure seems like tempting fate doesn't it?

[U S Army EOD]

Well like it did erupt didn't it.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening Mr. Wolf.

[SAMWolf]

Yep, a mini St Helens.

[SAMWolf]

What? Sam's not good enough. ;-)