Nitro class ammunition ship

Nitro class ammunition ship
USS Inteprid CV-11 SCB-125.jpg
USS Nitro (left) replenishing the USS Intrepid in the early 1960s
Class overview
Preceded by: Mount Hood-class ammunition ship
Succeeded by: Kilauea-class ammunition ship
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Laid up: 3
Retired: 1993-1995
General characteristics
Type: Ammunition carrier
Displacement: 9,050 tons (light), 15,489 tons (Full)
Length: 512 ft (Overall)
Beam: 72 ft
Armour: none
USS Haleakala (AE-25) in April 1968

The Nitro class ammunition ships are a class of three auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. Launched in 1958-9, they were among the first specialised underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War, to carry munitions and the new guided missiles. These and the Suribachi class ammunition ships are sometimes considered to form a single class.

The Nitros were decommissioned in 1993-5 following the end of the Cold War and are currently mothballed.

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