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AOR-4 Savannah

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Wichita Class Replenishment Oiler:
  • Laid down, 22 January 1969, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 23 April 1970
  • Commissioned USS Savannah (AOR-4), 5 December 1970, CAPT. Bernard P. Williams, Jr., in command
  • During the Vietnam War Savannah (AOR-4) participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 28 July 1995
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1998
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,048 t.(lt) 39,790 t.(fl)
    Length 659'
    Beam 96'
    Draft 37' (max.)
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 34 Officers, 463 Enlisted
    Armament
    two Phalanx Close-In-Weapons System (CIWS)
    Sparrow Missile System (NSSMS)
    Aircraft two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
    Propulsion three boilers, two steam turbines, twin shafts, 32,000shp
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    Savannah 35k Savannah (AOR-4) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Savannah 45k Savannah (AOR-4) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Chuck Zendner Via
    Ed Brynes DCC(SW) USNR
    USS Savannah (AOR-4) web site
    Kalamazoo 1454k A starboard view of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN-68) and their escorts underway off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon, 5 February 1987. The escorts are, from front to back: the frigate W.S. Sims (FF-1059) replenishment oilers Savannah (AOR-4) and Kalamazoo (AOR-6) and the guided missile destroyer Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23).
    Defense Visual Information Center photo # DN-ST-87-04835, by PH1 Ron Beno.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Savannah 21k Savannah (AOR-4) underway in the Suez Canal, 22 February 1992.
    US Navy photo    		 Ed Brynes DCC(SW) USNR
    USS Savannah (AOR-4) web site
    Savannah 36k Savannah (AOR-4) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ed Brynes DCC(SW) USNR
    USS Savannah (AOR-4) web site
    View the Savannah (AOR-4)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S.S. Savannah (AOR-4)
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