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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Savannah |
| Namesake | Savannah, Georgia |
| Builder | General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 22 January 1969 |
| Launched | 23 April 1970 |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 28 July 1995 |
| Stricken | 29 October 1998 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8644175 |
| Motto | We Never Stop Pumping |
| Nickname(s) | Savvy Sue |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star & Meritorious Unit Commendation (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wichita-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 40,100 long tons (40,743 t) full |
| Length | 659 ft (201 m) |
| Beam | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 × boilers, steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 32,000 shp (23,862 kW) |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 22 officers, 398 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Savannah (AOR-4), was a Wichita-class replenishment oiler of the United States Navy. The fifth Savannah was laid down on 22 January 1969 by the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 23 April 1970, sponsored by Mrs. Ralph L. Shifley, wife of Vice Admiral R. L. Shifley, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, and commissioned on 5 December 1970.