Tuesday, May 29, 2018
USS Detroit (AOE-4)
The fifth USS Detroit was the 4th and last Sacramento-class fast combat support ship. It was commissioned 14 March 1970 and decommissioned 17 February 2005. It was scrapped after that.
It was 796 feet long with a 107-foot beam.
It deployed to Vietnam and the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1973, there was an explosion on board that caused much damage.
--Cooter
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