USS Suribachi, a 17,450-ton ammunition ship, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Commissioned in November 1956, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, frequently deploying to the Mediterranean to provide ammunition and other supplies to ships operating there. In 1963, she was modernized with new "FAST" underway replenishment gear and a helicopter deck, both of which enabled her to supply cargo more rapidly and in a greater variety of conditions. Suribachi made one deployment to the Far East in 1972-73 to support Vietnam operations, and in the Summer of 1990 she steamed to the Persian Gulf area to participate in Operation "Desert Shield". She decommissioned in December 1994 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register two years later. At the present time she is still in Navy custody, at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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20 February 2000