USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6)
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USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler commissioned by the United States Navy in 1973. She continued to support Navy requirements until 1996 when she was placed in the reserve fleet and later struck.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Kalamazoo.
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USS Kalamazoo in underway replenishment with USS Saratoga. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Kalamazoo |
Namesake | Kalamazoo, Michigan and the Kalamazoo River |
Builder | General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 1 October 1970 |
Launched | 1 November 1972 |
Commissioned | 11 August 1973, as USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) |
Decommissioned | 16 August 1996 |
Stricken | 29 October 1998 |
Identification | IMO number: 8644084 |
Motto | KZOO Can Do |
Nickname(s) | The Zoo |
Honors and awards | Joint Meritorious Unit Award |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 July 2008, for $1,465,726 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wichita-class replenishment oiler |
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Length | 659 ft (201 m) |
Beam | 96 ft (29 m) |
Draft | 37 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion | 3 × boilers, 2 × steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 32,000 shp (23,862 kW) |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 34 officers, 463 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Helo Deck and berthing for 8 Airdet Personnel |
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