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.
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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 |
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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