USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6)
USS Kalamazoo in underway replenishment with USS Saratoga. | |
| History | |
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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 & awards | Joint Meritorious Unit Award |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 July 2008, for $1,465,726 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Wichita-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement |
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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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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.