USS Suribachi
USS Suribachi (AE-21) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Suribachi |
| Namesake | Mount Suribachi |
| Builder | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
| Laid down | 31 January 1955 |
| Launched | 2 November 1955 |
| Commissioned | 17 November 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 2 December 1994 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1996 |
| Motto | "THIS ROUNDS ON US" |
| Nickname(s) | "BACHI" |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Suribachi-class ammunition ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 512 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 72 ft |
| Draught | 28 ft |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 4 × twin 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns |
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USS Suribachi (AE-21) was a Suribachi-class ammunition ship of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 31 January 1955 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc.; launched on 2 November 1955; sponsored by Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd; and commissioned on 17 November 1956. She was named for the volcano of Iwo Jima, Mount Suribachi, the hill where the photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken.