USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Kansas City |
| Namesake | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Awarded | 6 July 1966 |
| Builder | General Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts[1] |
| Laid down | 20 April 1968[1] |
| Launched | 28 June 1969[1] |
| Commissioned | 6 June 1970[1] |
| Decommissioned | 7 October 1994[2] |
| Stricken | July 1997[2] |
| Identification | IMO number: 8644096 |
| Honours and awards | Meritorious Unit Commendation and 3 campaign stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Broken up at All Star Metals Brownsville Texas 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wichita-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 40,100 long tons (40,743 t) full |
| Length | 659 ft (201 m) |
| Beam | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 × boilers, steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 32,000 shp (23,862 kW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 22 officers, 398 enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Kansas City (AOR-3) was the third of the Wichita-class replenishment oilers. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Kansas City, Missouri.
The keel was laid on 18 April 1968 at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the ship was launched on 1 June 1969. The ship was commissioned on 6 June 1970 and saw service in the Vietnam War and Gulf Wars. Subsequently, the ship was decommissioned on 7 October 1994, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 April 1997. In 2013 she was broken up at All Star Metals, Brownsville, Texas .[3]
Awards[edit]
- Navy Unit Commendation (Battle Group Echo in Operation Desert Storm)
- Meritorious Unit Commendation
- National Defense Service Medal with star
- Vietnam Campaign Medal with three battle stars
- Southwest Asia Service Medal
References[edit]
- Photo gallery of Kansas City at NavSource Naval History
- USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
- Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
- Prézelin, Bernard; Baker, A.D. (1990). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.
- Wildenberg, Thomas (1996). Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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