SPESSART (A 1442)

Kiel Harry Stallzus Scheerhafen jetty loading fuel
Spessart class (Type 704) fleet oiler
Displacement: 14,260 tons full load
Dimensions: 130.2 x 19.3 x 8.2 meters
Propulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 8,000 bhp, 16 knots
Crew: 42 civilian
Former commercial tanker built 1974 purchased 1977

USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20)

Kieler Förde inbound for Kiel Week 2011 - 2011-06-17

US Blue Ridge Class Command ship / flagship of the United States
Navy's Sixth Fleet.
*1971 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Commissioned: 16 January 1971
Displacement: 18,400 tons full load
Length: 194.00m Beam: 32.90m Draft: 9.06m full load
Propulsion: Two boilers, one geared turbine
Capacity: 930 Complement: 170 officers and enlisted men; and 155 Military Sealift Command civilian sailors
Armament: Two Phalanx CIWS, Two 25 mm Bushmaster cannons, Four .50 cal.machine guns,Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Aircraft carried: One helicopter, SH-60 Knight

AUGSBURG (F 213)

Kiel Navy port 2010/09/04
Bremen class (Type 122) frigate
German version of the Dutch Kortanear class
Builder: Bremer Vulcan
Launch date: 17 Sept 1987 Commission date: 03 Oct. 1989
Displacement: 3,800 tons full load
Dimensions: 130 x 14.4 x 4.26 meters
Propulsion: 2 shafts: 2 cruise diesels, 10,400 bhp, 18 knots; 2 LM2500 boost turbines, 50,000shp, 30 knots Crew: 200
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar; 2 Lynx helicopters
Armament: 8 Harpoon SSM, 1 8 cell Sea Sparrow SAM (24 missiles total, manual reload), 1 76mm OTO DP, 4 12.75 inch TT, 2 21 cell RAM, 2 20mm