USS Wichita (AOR-1)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Wichita |
| Awarded: | 2 June 1965 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1966 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 7 June 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 March 1993 |
| Struck: | 15 February 1995 |
| Fate: | Transferred to United States Maritime Administration, 18 December 1998 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: | • 2 × Phalanx CIWS • 1 × Mark 29 Sea Sparrow missile launcher |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | United States Seventh Fleet |
| Operations: | Vietnam War |
| Awards: | 4 battle stars (Vietnam) Battle "E" award Navy Expeditionary Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
USS Wichita (AOR-1) was the lead ship of the Wichita-class replenishment oilers. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Wichita, Kansas.
The second Wichita (AOR-1) was laid down on 16 June 1966 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division; launched on 16 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Howard B. Yeager; and commissioned on 7 June 1969, Captain Robert R. Deibler in command.
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