Approved characteristics for an Ammunition Ship (AE), SCB Project No. 703.65, were promulgated on 12 March 1964 and updated as SCB Project No. 703.66 on 18 December 1964 with a final change on 24 September 1968.
AE | Name | MA | Notes |
26 | KILAUEA | | FY 1965. Decomm and to MSC 1 Oct 1980. Towed from San Francisco 28 Mar 2008, arrived at Pearl Harbor for layup in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Aug 2008, then stricken pending use as target. |
27 | BUTTE | | FY 1965. Decomm and to MSC 3 Jun 1996. Sunk as target 30 June 2006 off the central East Coast. |
28 | SANTA BARBARA | | FY 1966. Decomm and to MSC 30 Sep 1998. Downgraded by MSC to planned disposal 3 Aug 2005 and stricken. Dismantling at Brownsville, TX probably completed 10 Oct 2007. [Sale from PHS, Navsource has 9 Nov 06] |
29 | MOUNT HOOD | | FY 1966. Transfer to MSC planned 1998 but cancelled. To MA custody 17 Aug 1999. Departed MA custody under domestic sale 21 Aug 2013. |
32 | FLINT | | FY 1967. Decomm and to MSC 4 Aug 1995. Entered Beaumont reserve fleet and to MA custody 12 Dec 2013. Departed MA custody 8 Dec 2015 under domestic sale contract with All Star Metals LLC of Brownsville. |
33 | SHASTA | | FY 1967. Decomm and to MSC 1 Oct 1997. Out of service with MSC 7 Apr 2011. Title to MA 11 Sep 2013 and then immediately to Int'l Shipbreaking for disposal. |
34 | MOUNT BAKER | | FY 1968. [Or keel 10 May 1970.] Decomm and to MSC 18 Dec 1996. Title to MA 23 Jul 2012, ship sold as domestic sale and withdrawn from MA custody same date. |
35 | KISKA | | FY 1968. [Or keel 4 Aug 1971.] Decomm and to MSC 1 Aug 1996. [Title transfer at time of sale in Navy but not MA records.] Dismantlement completed 20 Nov 2013 by ESCO Marine at Brownsville, TX. |