USNS ''Supply'' (T-AOE-6), ex-USS ''Supply'' (AOE-6), is the lead ship of the s.USNS Supply-class Factsheet
/ref> She was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which she was transferred for service with the

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Operational history

U.S. Navy service

''Supply'' was laid down on 24 February 1989 and was launched on 6 October 1990. She was commissioned in the

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as USS ''Supply'' (AOE-6) on 26 February 1994 at

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. After her initial outfitting in San Diego, she sailed to Norfolk, Virginia via the

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and

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, arriving on 7 August 1994.

Military Sealift Command service

Navy Petty Officer fires a line to the USNS Supply in the Baltic Sea

After service in the U.S. Navy from 1994 through 2001 as USS ''Supply'' (AOE-6), she was decommissioned and her weapons systems were removed, then she was transferred on 13 July 2001 to the Military Sealift Command, which designated her USNS ''Supply'' (T-AOE-6). Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. In 2014, ''Supply'' put into

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in Mobile, Alabama for repairs. In 2017, ''Supply'' put in for repairs in Boston, Massachusetts. On 6 May 2022, ''Supply'' conducted an

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(UNREP) with cruiser .

Al Qaeda target

USNS ''Supply'' was allegedly the target of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in 2014. AQIS claimed through Twitter and other social media forums that the AQIS attack on Pakistan Navy frigate was intended to attack USS ''Supply'' (sic). AQIS report contradicts the official Pakistan Navy account of the attack which states that the frigate was attacked by AQIS at the

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. AQIS claims that PNS ''Zulfiqar'' crew were involved in the attempt to take over the ship at sea for attacking USS ''Supply'' and its unnamed naval escort.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Supply (T-AOE-6) Supply-class fast combat support ships 1990 ships Ships built in San Diego