Wichita-class replenishment oiler
USS Kalamazoo on 1 April 1991 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Wichita |
| Builders | |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| In commission | 1969–1995 |
| Planned | 7 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Retired | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | replenishment oiler |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 640 ft (195 m) wl; 659 ft (201 m) oa |
| Beam | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Draft | 35 ft (10.6 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 34 officers, 463 men |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
Wichita-class replenishment oilers comprised a class of seven replenishment oilers used by the United States Navy from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. The ships were designed for rapid underway replenishment using both connected replenishment and vertical replenishment.