USS Sacramento (AOE-1)

History
United States
Name	USS Sacramento
Namesake	Sacramento, California
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
Stricken	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
General characteristics
Class and type	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
Displacement	18,884 long tons (19,187 t) light 54,000 long tons (54,867 t) full
Length	796 ft (243 m)
Beam	107 ft (33 m)
Draft	38 ft (12 m)
Installed power	100,000 shp (75 MW)
Propulsion	4 × Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilers 2 × General Electric double reduction cross-compound geared steam turbines 2 × shafts with 23 ft (7.0 m) propellers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Capacity	Fuel Oil: 5.2 m gal (19.7 m L) Aviation fuel (JP-5): 2.7 m gal (10.2 m L)
Complement	34 officers and 602 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Mark 56 fire-control system Mark 23 Target Acquisition System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/ALQ-32 AN/ALQ-25 Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	As built 8 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns 1976 - 1981 4 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns 1 × NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 1981 - 1996 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 1996 - 2004 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 1 × 25 mm automatic cannon 4 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried	2 × CH-46A/D 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.