USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6)
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USS Kalamazoo in underway replenishment with USS Saratoga.
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| 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 |
| Struck: | 29 October 1998 |
| Honors and awards: |
Joint Meritorious Unit Award |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 15 July 2008, for $1,465,726 |
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| Class and type: | Wichita-class replenishment oiler |
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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 |
USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1973. She continued to support Navy requirements until 1996 when she was placed in the reserve fleet and later struck.
Kalamazoo was laid down on 1 October 1970 and launched on 1 November 1972 at the shipyard of the General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. On 11 August 1973 she was commissioned USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) and placed into service for the fleet. Her first homeport was Mayport Naval Station, Mayport, Florida.
On 16 August 1996 Kalamazoo was decommissioned and placed in reserve at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was struck from the Navy list on 29 October 1998 and, on 15 July 2008, she was sold by the U.S. Maritime Administration to Esco Marine, Brownsville, Texas, for $1,465,726. Kalamazoo was towed out of James River Reserve Fleet on Tuesday, 30 September 2008, en route to ESCO Brownsville.
Qualified Kalamazoo personnel were authorized the following:
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