USS Shasta (AE-6)

	USS Shasta (AE-6)
History
United States
Name	USS Shasta (AE-6)
Namesake	Mount Shasta
Laid down	12 August 1940
Launched	9 July 1941
Acquired	16 April 1941
Commissioned	20 January 1942; 15 July 1953;
Decommissioned	10 August 1946; 1969;
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Lassen-class ammunition ship
Displacement	Light: 6,350 tons; Full load:13,855 tons;
Length	459 ft (140 m)
Beam	63 ft (19.2 m)
Draught	25 ft 11 in (7.9 m)
Propulsion	2 x 9 cyl. Nordberg diesel engines each with 3155 brake horsepower at 225 rpm geared to 1 shaft
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity	5,000 deadweight tons
Complement	280 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × single 5 in (127 mm) 38 caliber gun; 4 × single 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns; 2 × twin 40 mm guns; 8 × twin 20 mm guns;

USS Shasta (AE-6), an ammunition ship, was laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 125) on 12 August 1940 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Fla., initially as a C2 type cargo ship. She was acquired by the Navy on 16 April 1941 and launched on 9 July 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Spessard L. Holland. She was commissioned on 20 January 1942. She was named after Mount Shasta, a volcano in the Cascade Range in northern California, USA.