USS Great Sitkin

USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)
History
United States
NameUSS Great Sitkin
NamesakeGreat Sitkin Volcano in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Launched20 January 1945
Commissioned11 August 1945
Stricken2 July 1973
MottoAlways Ready
Honors &
awards		2 stars for Vietnam War service
FateScrapped 1974
General characteristics
Class & typeMount Hood class ammunition ship
Displacement15,295 t.(fl)
Length459 feet 2 inches
Beam63 feet
Draft28 ft 3 in (8.6 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 General Electric geared turbine engine
  • 2 Combustion Engineering "header-type" boilers, 450psi 750°
  • 2 General Electric Main Reduction Gears
  • 3 300kW 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
  • 1 propeller, 6,000shp
Speed16 knots
Capacity7,700 long tons (7,800 t) deadweight
Complement267 Officers and Enlisted
Armament
  • 1 single 5"/38 cal gun mount
  • 4 single 3"/50 cal gun mounts
  • 2 twin 40mm AA gun mounts
  • 8 twin 20mm AA gun mounts

USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) was a Mount Hood class ammunition ship, which served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. USS Great Sitkin supported USN operations in several major theatres, including the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, Cuban Missile Blockade, Guantanamo Bay, and the Vietnam War. In the tradition of naming ammunition ships after volcanos, AE-17 was named after the Great Sitkin Volcano in Alaska.

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