USS Sacramento (AOE-1)
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| Name: | USS Sacramento |
| Ordered: | 8 August 1960 |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1961 |
| Launched: | 14 September 1963 |
| Commissioned: | 14 March 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 2004 |
| Struck: | 1 October 2004 |
| Homeport: | Bremerton, Washington |
| Motto: | Ready for Service |
| Nickname(s): | "Golden Bear" |
| Fate: | Scrapped at ESCO Marine, Brownsville (USA). Scrapping complete 11 July 2008 |
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| Class and type: | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship |
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| Length: | 796 ft (243 m) |
| Beam: | 107 ft (33 m) |
| Draft: | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
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| Complement: | 34 officers and 602 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Sacramento (AOE-1) was the third ship in the United States Navy to bear the name, for both the river, and the capital city of California. She was the lead ship of her class of fast combat support ship.
She combined the functions of three logistics ships in one hull; fleet oiler (AO), ammunition ship (AE), and refrigerated stores ship (AFS).
Admiral Arleigh Burke originated the concept of a single supply ship system. He saw the design as an answer to logistics problems he encountered during World War II. The limited speed, range, and payload of early underway replenishment (UnRep) groups prevented resupply due to bad weather and tactical demands of the war. To counter these problems, the Fast Combat Support Ship (AOE) was designed.
The keel for the first of the Navy's fast combat support ships was laid at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington on 30 June 1961. The traditional champagne bottle was broken against the bow of AOE-1 on 14 September 1963, by the ship's sponsor, Mrs. Edmund Brown, wife of the Governor of California.
Sacramento was commissioned on 15 March 1964. Undersecretary of the Navy, Paul B. Fay Jr., addressed the crowd, stating, "The greatest pleasure I have in being here today is ... participating in the commissioning of a vessel which will provide the Navy with a unique capability hitherto never contained in one ship." He added the ship would be able to "run in speed with a destroyer escort, thereby giving our fast attack carrier task forces a flexibility of action hitherto unknown."
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