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AOR-5 Wabash

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - India - Kilo NNIK

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 (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Iran/Indian Ocean)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Persian Gulf, 1-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia) - Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (3-Boat People) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Wichita Class Replenishment Oiler:

Laid down, 1 January 1970, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 1 February 1971

Commissioned USS Wabash (AOR-5), 20 November 1971, CAPT. Robert P. Chrisler USN in command

During the Vietnam War Wabash (AOR-5) participated in the:

Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign
9 to 27 December 1972
3 to 12 January 1973
21 January to 14 February 1973
21 to 25 February 1973
25 to 28 March 1973

Decommissioned, 30 September 1994

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1997

Title transfer to MARAD, 18 December 1998, for disposal

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Wabash earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service

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

Size	Image Description	Source
138k	Wabash (AOR-5) Welcome Aboard pamphlet cover.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
42k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway, date and location unknown.	Dennis Schrock, USN Retired Atoka, OK.
146k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
135k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
81k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with Blue Ridge (LCC-19) in the Pacific Ocean, circa February-March 1979.	Photo by Ken Moss EN3 Staff CTF-76
90k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway during a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) with Blue Ridge (LCC-19) in the Pacific Ocean, circa February-March 1979.	Photo by Ken Moss EN3 Staff CTF-76
157k	Aerial view of NAS Alameda piers, circa July-August 1975. Ships present include from left to right: Enterprise (CVN-65), Coral Sea (CV-43), Kansas City (AOR-3), Wabash (AOR-5), and Oriskany (CV-34) US Navy photo from the Naval Photographic Center, Washington, D.C.	Robert M. Cieri
295k	Wabash (AOR-5) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan (FFG-10) while at sea, 16 October 1984. DVIC photo # DNSC8601957 by PH3 O'Sullivan.	Defense Visual Information Center
192k	Starboard bow view of Wabash (AOR-5) (center) conducting an underway replenishment of Duncan (FFG-10) (left) and the Australian frigate *HMAS Darwin* (F-04)** (right), 16 October 1984: at sea. DVIC photo # DNSC8601956 by PH3 O'Sullivan	Defense Visual Information Center
961k	Wabash (AOR-5) underway date and location unknown.	Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr

View the Wabash (AOR-5)
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
USS Wabash AOR-5

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Last Updated 4 January 2008