AOR-1 Wichita

Overview

Replenishment oilers deliver petroleum and munitions simultaneously to carrier battle groups using fuel hoses and helicopters. These petroleum munitions underway replenishment ships are smaller than the AOE class, but are still capable of multi-product delivery. They can carry 160,000 barrels of petroleum, 600 tons of munitions, 200 tons of dry stores and 100 tons of refrigerated stores. They also have highly automated cargo handling equipment.

Specifications Return to Top
Builder	AOR 1-6, General Dynamics, Quincy AOR 7 National Steel and Shipbuilding
Power Plant	Three boilers, steam turbines, two shafts, 32,000 shaft horsepower
Length	Overall Length: 659 ft Waterline Length: 640 ft
Beam	Extreme Beam: 96 ft Waterline Beam: 96 ft
Draft	Maximum Navigational Draft: 35 ft Draft Limit: 37 ft
Displacement	Light Displacement: 13533 tons Full Displacement: 40151 tons Dead Weight: 26618 tons
Armament	1 - NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS) 2 - Close-In-Weapons System (CIWS)
Speed	20 knots
Crew	Officers: 34 Enlisted: 463
Aircraft	2 - CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters

Ships Return to Top
Name	Number	Builder	Homeport	Ordered	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Wichita	AOR 1	GD Quincy	Oakland	02 Jun 1965	07 Jun 1969	12 Mar 1993
Milwaukee	AOR 2	GD Quincy	Norfolk	02 Jun 1965	01 Nov 1969	27 Jan 1994
Kansas City	AOR 3	GD Quincy	Oakland	06 Jul 1966	06 Jun 1970	07 Oct 1994
Savannah	AOR 4	GD Quincy	Norfolk	06 Jul 1996	28 Oct 1970	28 Jul 1995
Wabash	AOR 5	GD Quincy	Long Beach	01 Jul 1967	20 Nov 1971	30 Sep 1994
Kalamazoo	AOR 6	GD Quincy	Norfolk	01 Jul 1967	11 Aug 1973	16 Aug 1996
Roanoke	AOR 7	National	Long Beach	15 Dec 1972	30 Oct 1976	06 Oct 1995