| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Kansas City |
| Awarded: | 6 July 1966 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1968 |
| Launched: | 1 June 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 October 1994 |
| Struck: | 8 April 1997 |
| Honours and awards: |
Meritorious Unit Commendation and 3 campaign stars (Vietnam) |
| Fate: | Currently mothballed at Suisun Bay, California |
| 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: | • 2 × Phalanx CIWS • 1 × Mark 29 Sea Sparrow missile launcher |
| 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 April 18, 1968 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the ship was launched on June 1, 1969. The ship was commissioned on June 6, 1970 and seen service in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Subsequently, the ship was decommissioned on October 7, 1994, and was stricken from the Navy List on April 8, 1997. She is currently at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, California, awaiting final disposal.[1]
Kansas City earned three battle stars and the Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam service.
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