USS Shasta (AE-33)
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| Career | 
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| Laid Down: | November 10 1969 | |
| Launched: | April 3 1971 | |
| Commissioned: | February 4 1972 | |
| Decommissioned: | October 1 1997 | |
| Fate: | Transfer to MSC | |
| General characteristics | ||
| Displacement: | 10,417 light 18,088 fully loaded | |
| Length: | 564 ft (172 m) | |
| Beam: | 81 ft (25 m) | |
| Draft: | 25.7 ft (7.9 m) | |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) | |
| Complement: | 28 officers 375 enlisted | |
| Armament: | 2 × 3″50 twin mounts, 12 × .50 cals, 2 × CIWS(Close in Weapon System) | |
The second USS Shasta (AE-33) was a Kilauea-class replenishment ammunition ship of the United States Navy. She was named after Mount Shasta, a volcano in the Cascade Range in northern California, USA.
Shasta's keel was laid down November 10 1969 at the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, sponsored by Mrs. Ralph W. Cousins, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. She was launched on April 3 1971. Upon completion, the builder took her to Charleston, South Carolina and delivered her to the Navy. Shasta was commissioned in Charleston on February 4 1972, with Captain Warren C. Graham, Jr., in command.
After fitting out, the newly commissioned USS Shasta departed Charleston on May 22 1972 for her shakedown cruise and training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After completing shakedown and training on June 10, she headed for the Pacific, where her new homeport was to be the Naval Weapons Station in Concord, California. Along the way, she made port visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Cartagena, Colombia; Panama City, Canal Zone; and Acapulco, Mexico. She passed through the Panama Canal and finally arrived in Concord on July 3.
After arrival in Concord, she underwent ship’s qualification trials and final contract trials. Upon completion of trials and preparations for deployment, Shasta departed Concord to join the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific (WestPac in navy terminology) on January 3 1973.
Shasta was decommissioned on October 1 1997 and transferred to the Fleet Auxiliary Force of the Military Sealift Command (MSC). On the same day her hull number was changed and she became USNS Shasta (T-AE-33).
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