She is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and is named for Mount Baker, a 10,781-foot volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington. Ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command provide logistic support to US Navy ships at sea.
In 1976, the Chief of Naval Operations authorized the testing of the LAMPS MK III System aboard her flight deck. Later that year, Mount Baker gave support to rescue operations of the Navy's nuclear-powered submersible (NR-1). In 1977, she was awarded the Battle E as the best ammunition ship in the Atlantic Fleet.
USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)edit
On 18 December 1996, Mount Baker decommissioned and was placed in service with the Military Sealift Command. The ship's designation was changed to T-AE-34. Previously, she provided ammunition onload and offload support to U.S. Navy ships operating in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean.
On 20 July 2009, the Navy announced that the ship would be inactivated on 2 August 2010.[2] She was laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, PA, waiting to be sunk as a target, but she was apparently sold for scrapping c. June 2012 and towed to Brownsville, Texas, for dismantling, circa 7 July 2012.[3]
Referencesedit
Media related to IMO 8937053 at Wikimedia Commons
^ abcdef"Mount Baker". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^ abScutro, Andrew (23 July 2009). "Subs, frigate on list of ships being retired". Military Times. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^"USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)". 20 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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