The [i]USNS Santa Barbara[/i] has arrived at Esco Marine at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. Photographed on 15th November, 2006. Note: Forward of the Santa Barbara is the USS Des Moines.

Pertinent Details:
KILAUEA - class Ammunition Ship
Awarded: January 26, 1966
Keel laid: December 20, 1966
Launched: January 23, 1968
Commissioned: July 11, 1970
Decommissioned: September 30, 1998
MSC "in service": September 30, 1998
Decommissioned: August 5, 2005
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Md.
Propulsion system: 3 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 600 psi (42.3kg/cm²); 870°F (467°C); 1 turbine, 22,000 hp (16.4 MW); Automated Propulsion System (APS)
Propellers: one (six bladed)
Length: 564,3 feet (172 meters)
Beam: 81 feet (24.7 meters)
Draft: 28 feet (8.5 meters)
Displacement: approx. 20,000 tons full load
Speed: 20 knots
Aircraft: two CH-46 helicopters
Armament: none
Crew: 125 civilians, 55 naval personnel (including a helicopter detachment)