AOE-1 will be multiple product ship, and is to be completed by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1963; ship will have full load displacement of more than 50,000 tons, full load draft of 38 ft, and length of almost 800 ft; ship was designed with object of providing optimum capability in meeting needs of Fleet in transfer of missiles, fuel, ammunition, and general cargo; propelling machinery of over 60,000 shp will be fitted. Abstract of paper in BuShips J for Aug 1961.
U.S. navy's giant supply ship
Mar Engr Naval Architect
Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 84 , n 1024
1961
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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