TAE-34 Mount Baker

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Kilauea, [AE].

Builder: Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 23 October 1971.

Commission date: 22 July 1972.

Decommission date: 02 August 2010.

Displacement ( tons ): 10.524, 20.068 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 171,9 x 24,69 x 8,5

Main machinery: 3 x sets General Electric geared steam turbines ( 36.661 hp ); 3 x Foster-Wheeler boilers.

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Complement: 125 MSC + 24 Navy.

Guns: removed.

Military lift: 6.000 tons ammunitions, 2.500 tons fuel.

Radar: Surface search: 1 x Raytheon SPS-10; Navigation: 1 x ?; TACAN: URN-25.

Helicopter: 2 x CH-46D.

Callsign: NZHN ()

Comment: Transferred to MSC on 18th December 1996. Navy personnel on board perform ammunition handling and operate the communications systems and helicopters, rest of the tasks are performed by civilians.

Homeport: Earle.

Awards (as of 02/08/2010):