USS Kiska (AE-35)

USNS Kiska in the Persian Gulf, 2003
History
United States
Name:	Kiska
Awarded:	March 8, 1968
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:	April 8, 1971
Launched:	March 11, 1972
Commissioned:	December 16, 1972
Decommissioned:	August 1, 1996
In service:	August 1, 1996
Struck:	January 15, 2011
Status:	Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kilauea-class ammunition ship
Displacement:	19,940 long tons
Length:	564 feet
Beam:	81 feet
Draft:	28 feet
Propulsion:	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)
Speed:	20.0 knots
Complement:	125 civilians, 55 naval personnel
Armament:	none
Aircraft carried:	Two CH-46 helicopters

The USNS Kiska (T-AE-35), ex-USS Kiska (AE-35) was one of five ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command of the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. The ship was laid down on 8 April 1971 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS as the USS Kiska (AE-35) and was launched on 11 March 1972. Originally commissioned on December 16, 1972 she was decommissioned on 1 August 1996, and that same day entered service with Military Sealift Command as the USNS Kiska (T-AE-35). She continued to operate under Military Sealift Command's control until she was deactivated at Pearl Harbor, Hi., on January 15, 2011. Kiska is the eighth and final ship of the Kilauea-class ammunition ships. Kiska was disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration as of May 30, 2013.