Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support Ship:
Laid down, 1 October 1965 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA
Launched, 1 March 1968
Commissioned USS Seattle (AOE-3), 5 April 1969, CAPT. Bruce Keener III in command
Decommissioned, 15 March 2005, at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 2005
Final Disposition, contract awarded for scrapping in September 2005 to ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX. transferred to ESCO, 9 February 2006, scrapping completed, 26 January 2007
Specifications:
Displacement 18,884 t.(lt) 49,956 t.(fl)
Length 793'
Beam 107'
Draft 38' (max.)
Speed 26kts
Complement
24 Officers
576 Enlisted
Aircraft
two CH46E Sea Knight helicopters
Armament
NATO Sparrow missiles
two Phalanx CIWS
Propulsion
four boilers
two geared steam turbines
two shafts, 100,000shp