USS Wabash (AOR-5)

USS Wabash (AOR-5)
Wabash refueling USS Duncan, 1984
History
United States
NameUSS Wabash
NamesakeWabash River
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down21 January 1970
Launched6 February 1971
Commissioned20 November 1971
Decommissioned30 September 1994
Stricken8 April 1997
IdentificationIMO number8644204
Nickname(s)"The Wabash Cannonball"
FateScrapped, 2013
General characteristics
Class and typeWichita-class replenishment oiler
Displacement37,360 long tons (37,960 t) full
Length659 ft (201 m)
Beam96 ft (29 m)
Draft36 ft (11 m)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement390
Armament4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 1 × Sea Sparrow SAM

USS Wabash (AOR-5) was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler in the United States Navy from 1970 to 1994.

Wabash was named for the Wabash River, a river that rises in Darke County, Ohio, near Fort Recovery and meanders westward across Indiana until it reaches Illinois at a point just southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana.