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US Wichita class

US Sacramento class

Support Ship

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Support Ship Wichita class



The Wichita class replenishment oilers were designed as alternatives to the far more expensive Sacramento.
Only the last one ( Roanoke ) was built with hangars being the rest of the class modified in the 1980s



  Specifications


430crew
13500light (tn)
40000full load (tn)
200.90length (m)
29.30beam (m)
10.60draught (m)
20max speed (knots)

3Naval Engine boilers
2Naval Engine steam turbines

1Missile Launcher Mk 29 8-cell Sea Sparrow

2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-58
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10

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Typical Max
US US Navy B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 23










  Shipyards


US Fore River Shipyard - 6
US NASSCO San Diego - 1



  List of Ships


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19691993USUS NavyAOR-1USS WichitaNHPV
19691994USUS NavyAOR-2USS MilwaukeeNLDL
19701994USUS NavyAOR-3USS Kansas CityNZCM
19701995USUS NavyAOR-4USS SavannahNFUF
19711994USUS NavyAOR-5USS WabashNNIK
19731996USUS NavyAOR-6USS Kalamazoo NKZO
19761995USUS NavyAOR-7USS Roanoke NAMU - 7

7 units



  Events


1966-jun-16Laid downLaid down US AOR-1 USS Wichita
1966-nov-29Laid downLaid down US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee
1968-mar-16LaunchedLaunched US AOR-1 USS Wichita
1968-apr-18Laid downLaid down US AOR-3 USS Kansas City
1969-jan-01LaunchedLaunched US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee
1969-jan-22Laid downLaid down US AOR-4 USS Savannah
1969-jun-01LaunchedLaunched US AOR-3 USS Kansas City
1969-jun-07CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-1 USS Wichita
1969-nov-01CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee
1970-jan-21Laid downLaid down US AOR-5 USS Wabash
1970-mar-23LaunchedLaunched US AOR-4 USS Savannah
1970-jun-06CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-3 USS Kansas City
1970-oct-01Laid downLaid down US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo
1970-dec-05CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-4 USS Savannah
1971-feb-06LaunchedLaunched US AOR-5 USS Wabash
1971-nov-20CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-5 USS Wabash
1972-nov-01LaunchedLaunched US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo
1973-aug-11CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo
1974-jan-19Laid downLaid down US AOR-7 USS Roanoke
1974-dec-07LaunchedLaunched US AOR-7 USS Roanoke
1976-oct-30CommissionedCommissioned US AOR-7 USS Roanoke
1976-dec-26 US AOR-4 USS Savannah I arrived onboard as part of a skeleton crew for the transit to the Brooklyn Naval Yards. Departed the Yards in Aug 1977
1980-jul-16AircraftAircraft US AOR-1 USS Wichita CH-46 Sea Knight based on the oiler crashed into the Indian Ocean during replenishment flight to the frigate Davidson
1981-nov-21AircraftAircraft US AOR-1 USS Wichita UH-46D 154035 accident
1982-apr-02Port VisitPort Visit US AOR-7 USS Roanoke Subic Bay. Pictured CH-46 151934 bringing Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger
1982-sep-24Port VisitPort Visit US AOR-4 USS Savannah visited Devonport on 24 Sep 1982 with at least 2 CH-46 (152567 and 153335) embarked.
1983-sep US AOR-1 USS Wichita Helped search for downed Korean airliner KAL007 shot down by the Russians
1991-jan-13 US AOR-3 USS Kansas City Operation Desert Shield/Storm 13Jan91 - 19Apr91
1991-jan-15 US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo Operation Desert Shield/Storm 15Jan91 - 30Mar91
1993-mar-12DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-1 USS Wichita
1994-jan-27DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee
1994-sep-30DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-5 USS Wabash
1994-oct-07DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-3 USS Kansas City
1995-feb-15StruckStruck US AOR-1 USS Wichita
1995-jul-28DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-4 USS Savannah
1995-oct-06DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-7 USS Roanoke
1995-oct-06StruckStruck US AOR-7 USS Roanoke
1995-oct-06Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AOR-7 USS Roanoke fleet reserve at Suisun Bay, California
1996-aug-16DecommissionedDecommissioned US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo
1997-apr-08StruckStruck US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee
1997-apr-08StruckStruck US AOR-3 USS Kansas City
1997-apr-08StruckStruck US AOR-5 USS Wabash
1997-apr-08Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AOR-5 USS Wabash reserve fleet at Suisun Bay, California
1998Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AOR-1 USS Wichita reserve fleet
1998-oct-29StruckStruck US AOR-4 USS Savannah
1998-oct-29StruckStruck US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo
2001Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AOR-2 USS Milwaukee fleet reserve
2008-jul-15Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US AOR-6 USS Kalamazoo to Esco Marine at Brownsville, Texas









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