For other ships with the same name, see USS Milwaukee.
USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) was a Wichita-classreplenishment oiler commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1969. She continued to support Navy requirements until 1994 when she was placed in the reserve fleet and later struck.
Milwaukee was laid down on 29 November 1966 and launched on 1 January 1969 at the shipyard of the General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. On 1 November 1969 she was commissioned USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) and placed into service for the fleet.
USS Milwaukee taking on fuel at Craney Island, Virginia, United States, on 25 September 1990.
Operational service
During the Vietnam War USS Milwaukee participated in operation Vietnam Ceasefire from 12 November 1972 through 20 February 1973. Milwaukee earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service.[1]
On 1 March 1980 the Malaysian oil tanker Santo Prestige lost power and collided with Milwaukee which was moored in Norfolk, Virginia. The collision results in a 40-by-15-foot (12.2 by 4.6 m) gash in the hull of Milwaukee.[2]
In 1985 Milwaukee participated in the anti-submarine exercise Arctic Sharem.[3]
Decommissioning
On 27 January 1994 Milwaukee was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 April 1997. On 15 January 2009, Milwaukee was sold for $56,410 for scrapping to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, Virginia.[4]
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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 2009-04-28.
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