AOE-2 USS Camden

Namesake. Camden, NJ
Awarded. 25 April 1963
Builder. New York Shipbuilding
Cost. Approx. $458 million
Laid down. 17 February 1964
Launched. 29 May 1965
Acquired. 11 March 1967
Commissioned. 1 April 1967
Decommissioned. 14 October 2005
Stricken. 14 October 2005
Homeport. Bremerton, Washington
Motto. Flexibility, Readiness, Endurance
Fate. Scrapped at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX, completed May 13, 2008
Class and type. Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
Displacement:
20,717 long tons (21,049 t) light
53,138 long tons (53,991 t) full
Length. 796 ft (243 m)
Beam. 107 ft (33 m)
Draft. 38 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:
4 × 600 psi (4,100 kPa) at 856 °F (458 °C) boilers
2 × steam turbines
2 × shafts
2 × 23 ft (7.0 m) propellers
100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed. 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried:
2 × 26 ft (7.9 m) Motor Whale Boats
2 × 33 ft (10 m) Personnel Boats
Capacity:
Fuel oil: 5,200,000 US gal (20,000,000 L); Aviation fuel (JP-5): 2,700,000 US gal (10,000,000 L)
Dry/refrigerated stores: 675 t (675,000 kg)
Complement. 27 officers, 587 enlisted
Armament:
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns
1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher
Super Rapid Blooming Off-Board Chaff (SRBOC) system
Aircraft carried 2 × SH-60 Seahawk Helicopters