AOE-8 Arctic cruising at sea

USNS ARCTIC 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. Since June 14, 2002, ARCTIC is operated by the Military Sealift Command. As a US Naval Ship, ARCTIC does no longer carry the weapons systems she previously (as "USS ARCTIC") was equipped with. One of these systems was the Phalanx CIWS.

General Characteristics: Awarded: December 6, 1989
Keel laid: December 2, 1991
Launched: October 30, 1993
Commissioned: September 11, 1995
Decommissioned: June 14, 2002
MSC "in service": June 14, 2002
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California
Propulsion System: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Length: 754,6 feet (230 meters)
Beam: 107 feet (32.6 meters)
Draft: 39 feet (11.9 meters)
Displacement: approx. 48,800 tons
Speed: 26 knots
Aircraft: two CH-46
Armament: none
Homeport: Earle, N.J.
Crew: 176 civilians, 59 military

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