USS Camden (AOE-2)
| Keel Laid: February 17, 1964 |
| Launched: May 29, 1965 |
| Commissioning: April 1, 1967 |
| Decommissioning: October 1, 2005 |
| Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, N.J. |
| Propulsion System: four V2M 600 PSI Propulsion Boilers |
| Propellers: two |
| Length: 794 feet (242 meters) |
| Beam: 107 feet (32.6 meters) |
| Draft: 38 feet (11.6 meters) |
| Displacement: approx. 53,000 tons |
| Speed: 26 knots |
| Aircraft: two CH-46 |
| Armament: one Sea Sparrow launcher, two Phalanx CIWS |
| Crew: 48 Officers, 678 Enlisted |
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