Wichita class replenishment oiler
- Wichita class replenishment oiler
"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. During this time the ships were commissioned naval auxiliaries with the hull classification AOR. The ships were designed for rapid underway replenishment using both connected replenishment and vertical replenishment. The ships could carry 160,000 barrels of petroleum fuel, 600 tons of munitions, 200 tons of dry stores and 100 tons of refrigerated stores.
With the reduction in the U.S. Navy fleet, these ships were all decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) in the 1990s.
One earlier ship of the AOR type, but not of this class, was the USS "Conecuh" (AOR-110), in service with the U.S. Navy 1946–56.
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References
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/aor-1.htm GlobalSecurity.org: AOR-1 Wichita]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/21/21idx.htm NavSource Photo Archives: Replenishment Fleet Tanker (AOR) Index]
* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/aor-1.htm FAS Military Analysis Network: AOR-1 Wichita]
*Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w7/wichita-ii.htm Wichita]
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/milwaukee-iv.htm Milwaukee]
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/kansas_city.htm Kansas City]
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s6/savannah-v.htm Savannah]
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/wabash-iv.htm Wabash]
** [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r7/roanoke-vi.htm Roanoke]
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