USS Kalamazoo (AOR 6)

- decommissioned -

USS KALAMAZOO was the sixth WICHITA - class replenishment oiler and was named in honor of a city and county in southwest Michigan. KALAMAZOO ended more than 23 years of service to the fleet when it was decommissioned at Norfolk Naval Base on August 16, 1996. Stricken from the Navy list on October 29, 1998, the ship is currently situated at the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, Va.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: July 1, 1967
	Keel laid: October 1, 1970
	Launched: November 1, 1972
	Commissioned: August 11, 1973
	Decommissioned: August 16, 1996
	Builder: General Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts
	Propulsion system: Three boilers, steam turbines, two shafts, 32,000 shaft horsepower
	Propellers: two
	Length: 659 feet (200.86 meters)
	Beam: 96 feet (29.3 meters)
	Draft: 35 feet (10.7 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 40,100 tons full load
	Speed: 20 knots
	Aircraft: 2 CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters
	Armament: two Phalanx CIWS, one Mk-29 Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher
	Crew: 22 officers, 398 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS KALAMAZOO. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS KALAMAZOO:

Date	Where	Events
January 28, 1981	Virginia Capes	USS KALAMAZOO and USS SYLVANIA (AFS 2) collide during an underway replenishment in the Virginia Capes area. Damage to both ships is minor.
September 12, 1989	Atlantic Ocean	Two sailors working on the maindeck of KALAMAZOO are washed overboard. Both sailors are lost.

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