MOUNT HOOD (AE-29)

Year Built

1971

Official Number

Shipyard

Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division

General Type

Naval Auxiliary

Specific Type

AE Ammunition Ship

MARAD Type

Military

Ship Length

564.00 feet

Beam

81.00 feet

Mast Height

Net Tons

Gross Tons

Cargo Capacity

Draft, Summer

28.00 tons

Draft, Lightweight

22.00 tons

Displacement, Summer

18664.00 tons

Displacement, Lightweight

10312.00 tons

Immersion, Summer

Immersion, Lightweight

Fate

Sold - No Further Info

Historical Narrative

USS Mount Hood is a U.S. Navy Kilauea-class ammunition ship. It was the second Navy ship named after Mount Hood, a volcano in Oregon’s Cascade Range. The ship was laid down on May 8, 1967 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Maryland. It was launched on July 17, 1968, and commissioned on May 1, 1971.

The ship was homeported in Concord, California. Unlike its seven sister ships in the Kilauea class, the ship was never transferred to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command.

Mount Hood was decommissioned in August of 1999 and held in reserve at Bremerton, Washington before being moved in October of that year to the Maritime Administration’s Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. MARAD accepted title of the vessel from the Navy on November 29, 2001. The vessel was sold for dismantlement on August 21, 2013.

Navy History and Heritage Command's Dictionary of American Fighting Ships entry for USS Mount Hood.

Vessel Name History

MOUNT HOOD (AE-29)

Mission

No Mission for this vessel

Historical Documents

Name	Download
MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) Booklet of Plans.pdf

Milestones

Event	Date	Content
Entry	8/17/1999
Acquisition	11/29/2001	Accepted title from US Navy.
Cleared Historic Review	6/21/2005	California SHPO cleared the ship for disposal on this date.
Withdrawal	8/21/2013	Sold for dismantlement
Withdrawal	8/21/2013	Departed under domestic sale contract.