Supply-class fast combat support ship

The Supply-class fast combat support ships are a class of four United States Navy supply ships used to refuel, rearm, and restock ships in the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These are the only US Navy resupply ships able to keep up with the strike groups, but due to their cost to operate the Navy announced intentions to retire them starting in 2014, however as of 2026 only two of the ships, Rainier and Bridge, have been decommissioned and stricken from the register. The Supply-class ships are built to military combatant standards and are shock hardened. As of early 2023, USNS Rainier and USNS Bridge have been taken out of service and struck. Along with the remaining two Supply-class ships, US Navy fleets are currently supplied by Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships as well as Henry J. Kaiser-class and John Lewis-class replenishment oilers.

Ships

== General characteristics == Displacement: 19,700 tons (empty), 49,000 tons (full) Length: 754 ft (229.8 m) (overall) Beam: 107 ft (32.6 m) (extreme beam) Draft: 39 ft (11.9 m) Export power: 78.33MW Maximum speed: 25 knots Range 6,000 nm Complement 40 officers + 667 enlisted (USN), 176 civilians, 30-45 military (MSC) Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500 Cargo capacity

Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441,000 L) JP-5 fuel: 2,620,800 US gallons (9,921,000 L) Bottled gas: 800 bottles Ordnance stowage: 2,150 short tons (1,950 t) Chill and freeze stowage: 250 short tons (230 t) Water: 20,000 US gallons (76,000 L)

Notes

== References == Official MSC Class Factsheet Supply class at Naval-technology.com