page_title: Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force
section_title: Ammunition Ships
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force / Ammunition Ships
caption_attribution_description: English: Pacific Ocean (Nov. 29, 2005) – An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter transports supplies from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) ammunition ship USNS Flint (T-AE-32) to the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) during a vertical replenishment. Kitty Hawk and embarked Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) are currently conducting operations in the Western Pacific Ocean.
context_page_description: The Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force is a division of the US Navy. The 42 ships of the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force are the supply lines to U.S. Navy ships at sea. These ships provide virtually everything that Navy ships need, including fuel, food, ordnance, spare parts, mail and other supplies. NFAF ships enable the Navy fleet to remain at sea, on station and combat ready for extended periods of time. NFAF ships also conduct towing, rescue and salvage operations or serve as floating medical facilities. All NFAF ships are government owned and crewed by civil service mariners. Some of the ships also have a small contingent of Navy personnel aboard for operations support, supply coordination and helicopter operations.
  As a result of a 2012 reorganization, Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force was renamed Combat Logistics Force, with some of its ship categories being transferred to a new Service Support program.
context_section_description: Ammunition ships supply ordnance to Navy combatants at sea, providing service through a combination of alongside transfers and vertical replenishment lifts via helicopter.  The ammunition ships of the Auxiliary Fleet are:
  USNS Flint (T-AE-32)
caption: USNS Flint (T-AE-32)
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