USS Kansas City (AOR-3)

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.

USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
History
United States
NameUSS Kansas City
NamesakeKansas City, Missouri
Awarded6 July 1966
BuilderGeneral Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts[1]
Laid down20 April 1968[1]
Launched28 June 1969[1]
Commissioned6 June 1970[1]
Decommissioned7 October 1994[2]
StrickenJuly 1997[2]
IdentificationIMO number8644096
Honours and
awards
Meritorious Unit Commendation and 3 campaign stars (Vietnam)
FateBroken up at All Star Metals Brownsville Texas 2013
General characteristics
Class and typeWichita-class replenishment oiler
Displacement40,100 long tons (40,743 t) full
Length659 ft (201 m)
Beam96 ft (29 m)
Draft35 ft (11 m)
Propulsion3 × boilers, steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 32,000 shp (23,862 kW)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement22 officers, 398 enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • 4 x Mk2 50 cal machine guns fore and aft 2 x m60 machine gun forward
  • 1 × Mark 29 Sea Sparrow missile launcher
Aircraft carried2 × 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 836.
  2. ^ a b Baker 1998, p. 1056.
  3. ^ "USS Kansas City (AOR 3)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 29 September 2008.