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.


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    Title :

    U.S. navy's giant supply ship


    Additional title:

    Mar Engr Naval Architect


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Navy's giant

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