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USNS SHASTA is the sixth ship in the KILAUEA - class of Ammunition Ships and is named after an extinct volcano in northern California.
Decommissioned on 1 October 1997, SHASTA was transferred to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force the same day and her hull number was changed to T-AE 33. As of October 1999, she was undergoing overhaul which was completed in 2000.
USNS SHASTA is not armed in peacetime and manned by a civilian crew.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: March 8, 1968 |
| Keel laid: November 10, 1969 | |
| Launched: April 3, 1971 | |
| Commissioned: February 26, 1972 | |
| Decommissioned: October 1, 1997 | |
| MSC "in service": October 1, 1997 | |
| Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS | |
| Propulsion system: 3 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 600 psi (42.3kg/cm²); 870°F (467°C); 1 turbine, 22,000 hp (16.4 MW); Automated Propulsion System (APS) | |
| Propellers: one (six bladed) | |
| Length: 564,3 feet (172 meters) | |
| Beam: 81 feet (24.7 meters) | |
| Draft: 28 feet (8.5 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 20,000 tons full load | |
| Speed: 20 knots | |
| Aircraft: two CH-46 helicopters | |
| Armament: none | |
| Crew: 125 civilians, 55 naval personnel (including a helicopter detachment) | |
| Homeport: West Coast |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS SHASTA. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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The photo below was taken by Mr Karl-Heinz Ahles when USNS SHASTA was inport Portsmouth, Va., on March 11, 1999.
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