Fast comb suport ship USS DETROIT AOE-4 1:700 (almost finished)

Looking very very nice!! For a floating 7-11 they were pretty good looking ships. A good clean build there! Congratulations on it. 

Bruno Schielzeth

Looking very very nice!! For a floating 7-11 they were pretty good looking ships. A good clean build there! Congratulations on it. 

30 knots? Wow ... my Dad would be amazed. He thought the Victory ships he served on were the hot rods of the seas.

• In addition to its terminal velocity, the Detroit Sacramento class is equipped withenough weaponry and has a good air support
  Little care is the administration of U.S. Navy (AOE) treatment
  These ships are central to the autonomy of the fleets.
  Note. Displacement: 54.8 t ful«» 55.000m3 of draft
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• Detroit was awarded the following awards during her career:
• 7 × Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals
• 2 × Navy Expeditionary Medals
• 2 × Armed Forces Service Medals
• 2 × Meritorious Unit Commendations
• 3 × Navy "E" Ribbons
• 3 × Navy Unit Commendations
• 3 × Southwest Asia Service Medals
• 1 × Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
• 1 × NATO Medal
• 1 × Kosovo Campaign Medal
• 1 × Chief of Naval Operations Ship-Helo Safety Award

I've heard that an unofficial speed of 32+ knots was possible. Comfortable? Probably not, but near 30 knots was what the class was rated for. AOE-1 and AOE-2 had the engines and props from a battleship so they were vastly over-engined. AOE-3 and AOE-4 had more modern but smaller engines but were certainly no slouches either. I'm sure they all qualified as the fastest replenishment ships in the world. 

Following the issue and more precisely, the AOE-4 was equipped with four V2M boilers pressure of 600psi which in turn will deliver approximately 70,000 shp total.
The speed when in their maximum displacement was 26 Knots INSURV