TAOE-8 Arctic

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Supply,[AOR].

Builder: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 30th October 1993.

Commission date: 11th September 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 20.796 light, 50.858 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 229,73 x 32,61 x 11,66

Main machinery: 4 x GE LM-2500-30 gas turbines ( 105.000 hp ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 26.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 22 knots.

Complement: 235.

Military lift: 24.800m3 for fuels, 104m3 fuel-oil, 75m3 water, 1.800 tm munitions, 2.450 tm dry stores, 400 tm refrigerated stores.

Radar: Air: Westinghouse SPS64(V)9, D band;.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36, chaff and infrared flares launcher.

Helicopter: 2 x CH46D or equivalent.

Callsign: NCLS ()

Awards (as of 03/08/2026): 

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