Wichita class - AO - Support Ship IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NKZO Shipyard: Fore River Shipyard Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: scrapped History of USS Kalamazoo AOR-6 1970-oct-01Laid downLaid down 1972-nov-01LaunchedLaunched 1973-aug-11CommissionedCommissioned 1991-jan-15 Operation Desert Shield/Storm 15Jan91 - 30Mar91 1996-aug-16DecommissionedDecommissioned 1998-oct-29StruckStruck 2008-jul-15Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped to Esco Marine at Brownsville, Texas Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Wichita class 430crew 13500light (tn) 40000full load (tn) 200.90length (m) 29.30beam (m) 10.60draught (m) 20max speed (knots) 3Naval Engine boilers2Naval 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-581Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 Aircraft Typical Max US Navy B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 23 Builder Fore River Shipyard,