USS Sacramento (AOE-1)

Displacement 18884 tons

Length 793 ft

Beam 107 ft

Draft 38 ft (Max)

Speed 26 Kt

Compliment 22 Officers, 530 Enlisted

Aircraft - two CH46E Sea Knight helicopters

Armament NATO Sparrow missiles, two twin 40mm gun mounts, replaced by two Phalanx CIWS

Propulsion four boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower

Sacramento and her sister ship USS Camden (AOE-2), are unique in that their propulsion systems were originally to be installed in the uncompleted Iowa class battleship, USS Kentucky (BB-66. (8 Boilers and 4 steam turbines)
When it was decided to scrap USS Kentucky, the Navy split the propulsion system and installed half in USS Sacramento and half in USS Camden.

Laid down, 30 June 1961, Sacramento was the last ship built at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Launched, 14 September 1963

Commissioned USS Sacramento (AOE-1), 14 March 1964

Decommissioned, 1 October 2004, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
Laid up at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA.
13 April 2007, Contact awarded to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., for scrapping, in lieu of use as a target.
Scrapping completed, 11 July 2008