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]
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Photo gallery of Kansas City at NavSource Naval History
USS Kansas City (AOR-3)
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kansas, city, other, ships, with, same, name, kansas, city, third, wichita, class, replenishment, oilers, second, ship, named, city, kansas, city, missouri, historyunited, statesnameuss, kansas, citynamesakekansas, city, missouriawarded6, july, 1966buildergene. For other ships with the same name see USS Kansas City 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 HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS Kansas CityNamesakeKansas City MissouriAwarded6 July 1966BuilderGeneral 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 number 8644096Honours andawardsMeritorious Unit Commendation and 3 campaign stars Vietnam FateBroken up at All Star Metals Brownsville Texas 2013General characteristicsClass and typeWichita class replenishment oilerDisplacement40 100 long tons 40 743 t fullLength659 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 enlistedArmament2 Phalanx CIWS 4 x Mk2 50 cal machine guns fore and aft 2 x m60 machine gun forward 1 Mark 29 Sea Sparrow missile launcherAircraft carried2 CH 46 Sea Knight helicoptersThe 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 EditNavy 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 MedalReferences Edit a b c d Prezelin and Baker 1990 p 836 a b Baker 1998 p 1056 USS Kansas City AOR 3 Navysite de Retrieved 29 September 2008 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 Prezelin 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 This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Kansas City AOR 3 amp oldid 1117539789, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
