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U.S.S. SHASTA
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The USS SHASTA (AE-33), a Kilauea-class ammunition ship, was commissioned on 4 FEB 1972. USS SHASTA served her country for 25 years, 7 months and 27 days, until decommissioned on 1 OCT 1997. USS SHASTA was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi. After commissioning and then shake down training at at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, SHASTA transited the Panama Canal in June 1972 and took up station at her homeport at NavWeapSta Concord CA. Almost immediately, SHASTA began a series of Western Pacific deployments that continued throughout her career. The Iranian Hostage Crisis and the following growth of the US Navy presence in the Persian Gulf, extended a number of SHASTA's deployments in to the Indian Ocean. SHASTA was in theater for Desert Shield - Desert Storm in 1990-1. USS SHASTA was decommissioned in OCT 1997 and transferred to the Military Sealift Command. She continues supporting the Fleet as T-AE-33 crewed by civilians under Navy leadership.
The USS SHASTA (AE-33) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
AE-33 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AE-33 Shellback Initiation | Add a AE-33 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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NOV | 1969 | - | Keel Date: 10 NOV 1969 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
JAN | 1970 | - | JAN | 1975 | West Pac |
APR | 1971 | - | Launch Date: 3 APR 1971 | ||
FEB | 1972 | - | Commissioned: 4 FEB 1972 | ||
JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | West Pac |
JAN | 1974 | - | JAN | 1974 | West pac |
JUN | 1974 | - | NOV | 1974 | West Pac |
NOV | 1974 | - | MAY | 1975 | West Pac |
JAN | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 JAN 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1976 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1977 - Indian Ocean | ||
APR | 1977 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 APR 1977 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
APR | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | West Pac |
MAY | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | West Pac |
DEC | 1977 | - | JUN | 1978 | Dry Dock |
DEC | 1977 | - | JUN | 1978 | Regular Overhaul |
SEP | 1978 | - | APR | 1979 | West Pac |
SEP | 1979 | - | JUN | 1980 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
MAR | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1981 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1981 | - | APR | 1982 | USS Sacremento to Indian Ocean USS Shasta in Pacific Ocean |
MAR | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1982 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1982 | - | APR | 1983 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
SEP | 1982 | - | APR | 1983 | USS Sacremento to Indian Ocean USS Shasta in Pacific Ocean |
SEP | 1982 | - | APR | 1993 | Inchon Landing |
NOV | 1983 | - | MAR | 1984 | Home Port Change |
NOV | 1983 | - | JAN | 1984 | Dry Dock |
JAN | 1984 | - | JAN | 1989 | Antarctic Circle |
JUL | 1985 | - | DEC | 1985 | West Africa |
JUL | 1985 | - | DEC | 1985 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
OCT | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 OCT 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
OCT | 1985 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 OCT 1985 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAR | 1987 | - | SEP | 1987 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
JUL | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | West Pac |
JUL | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 JUL 1987 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 NOV 1987 - Pacific Ocean | ||
NOV | 1987 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 NOV 1987 - Indian Ocean | ||
NOV | 1988 | - | DEC | 1988 | Show The Flag Operation to Mazatlan |
MAR | 1989 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1989 - Indian Ocean | ||
SEP | 1989 | - | OCT | 1989 | Pacex 89 |
JAN | 1990 | - | MAR | 1990 | Sea of Japan |
MAR | 1990 | - | MAY | 1990 | Dry Dock |
AUG | 1990 | - | DEC | 1990 | Desert Shield |
DEC | 1990 | - | JUN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
MAY | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 4 MAY 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
MAY | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1991 - Indian Ocean | ||
FEB | 1993 | - | JUL | 1993 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
FEB | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 FEB 1993 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1993 | - | JUL | 1993 | Dependents Cruise |
JAN | 1994 | - | JUN | 1994 | Dry Dock |
NOV | 1995 | - | JUN | 1996 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
NOV | 1995 | - | JUN | 1996 | West Pac |
NOV | 1995 | - | JUN | 1996 | West Pac |
OCT | 1997 | - | Decommissioned: 1 OCT 1997 |
AE-33 General Specifications
Class: Kilauea-class ammunition ship
Named for: Mount Shasta
Complement: 28 Officers and 375 Enlisted
Length: 564 feet
Beam: 81 feet
Draft: 27 feet
Final Disposition: In service Military Sealift Command
USS SHASTA (AE-33)
The second Shasta's keel was laid on 10 November 1969 by
the Ingalls Ship Building Division, Litton Systems, Inc., of Pascagoula,
Miss. Sponsored by Mrs. Ralph W. Cousins, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval
Operations, she was launched at Pasagoula on 3 April 1971. The Navy took
possession of Shasta on 4 February 1972 at Charleston, S.C., where she
was commissioned on 26 February, Capt. Warren C. Graham, Jr., in
command.
Shasta departed Charleston on 22 May
1972 for shakedown training in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After completing
the training and making a brief visit to Kingston, Jamaica, she steamed
out of Guantanamo Bay on 10 June 1972, bound for her home port, Concord, Calif.
Along the way, Shasta called at Cartagena, Colombia;
Panama City, Canal Zone; and Acapulco, Mexico. She arrived at Concord on
3 July.
Shasta then underwent ship's
qualification trials, final contract trials, and other preparations for
her deployment to the western Pacific which began on 3 January
1973. As of 17 September 1974, Shasta was operating in
Far Eastern waters.
[Note: The above USS SHASTA (AE-33) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS SHASTA (AE-33), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]