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US Mars class



Support Ship

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Support Ship Mars class



The combat stores ships Mars class of auxiliary vessels were designed for underway replenishment carrying stores and munitions in support of aircraft carrier battlegroups.



  Specifications


150crew
9200light (tn)
18000full load (tn)
177length (m)
24beam (m)
8.50draught (m)
21max speed (knots)

3Naval Engine boilers
1Naval Engine steam turbines

1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10

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  Shipyards


US NASSCO San Diego - 7



  List of Ships


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19631998 sunk 2006USUS NavyAFS-1USS Mars
19641994USUS NavyAFS-2USS Sylvania
19671994USUS NavyAFS-3USS Niagara Falls
19942008 sunk 2012 T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls
19681995 sunk 2002USUS NavyAFS-4USS White Plains
19681992USUS NavyAFS-5USS Concord
19922009 sunk 2012 T-AFS-5 USNS Concord
19691993USUS NavyAFS-6USS San DiegoNNCD
19931997 T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego
19701993USUS NavyAFS-7USS San Jose
19932010 T-AFS-7 USNS San Jose

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  Events


1962-may-05Laid downLaid down US AFS-1 USS Mars
1962-aug-18Laid downLaid down US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
1963-jun-15LaunchedLaunched US AFS-1 USS Mars
1963-aug-15LaunchedLaunched US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
1963-dec-01CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-1 USS Mars
1964-jul-11CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
1965-marAircraftAircraft US AFS-1 USS Mars UH-46A 150965
1965-may-22Laid downLaid down US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls
1965-sep US AFS-1 USS Mars with HC-1 Det Atsugi, Japan
1965-oct-02Laid downLaid down US AFS-4 USS White Plains
1966-mar-26LaunchedLaunched US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls
1966-mar-26Laid downLaid down US AFS-5 USS Concord
1966-jul-26LaunchedLaunched US AFS-4 USS White Plains
1966-sep-23 US AFS-1 USS Mars Shellback Initiation on Helo flight deck
1966-dec-17LaunchedLaunched US AFS-5 USS Concord
1967-mar-11Laid downLaid down US AFS-6 USS San Diego
1967-apr-29CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls
1968-apr-13LaunchedLaunched US AFS-6 USS San Diego
1968-nov-23CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-4 USS White Plains
1968-nov-27CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-5 USS Concord
1969DeploymentDeployment US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls WestPac, with UH-46 151904 during replenishing of USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
1969-mar-08Laid downLaid down US AFS-7 USS San Jose
1969-apr-08DeploymentDeployment US AFS-1 USS Mars lost UH-46 152494
1969-may-24CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-6 USS San Diego
1969-dec-13LaunchedLaunched US AFS-7 USS San Jose
1970-oct-23CommissionedCommissioned US AFS-7 USS San Jose
1976-dec-17 US AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 Det2 CH-46D Buno 153337 crashed at sea during night VertRep mission.
1977-feb-10 US AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 Det2 CH-46D BuNo 152537 crashed at sea during night vertrep mission
1977-oct-11 US AFS-7 USS San Jose UNREP with USS New Orleans (LPH-11)
1984 US AFS-4 USS White Plains lost H-46 helo in Indian ocean while attempting vertrep
1986 US AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 CRASH
1990-dec-04 US AFS-1 USS Mars First ship to desert storm
1991 US AFS-7 USS San Jose Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990/1991 HH-46D 150271 HC-5 Det.1
1992-aug-27 US AFS-4 USS White Plains while mooring in Guam was hit by Typhoon Omar and ran aground on the coral beach
1992-oct-15Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AFS-5 USS Concord as T-AFS-5 USNS Concord
1993-aug-11Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AFS-6 USS San Diego to T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego
1993-aug-24 US AFS-4 USS White Plains UH-46 151926 accident out of Fujairah, UAE. 4 fatalities
1993-sepFate: transferedFate: transfered US AFS-7 USS San Jose to T-AFS-7 USNS San Jose
1994-may-26DecommissionedDecommissioned US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
1994-may-26StruckStruck US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
1994-sepDecommissionedDecommissioned US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls
1994-sep-23Fate: transferedFate: transfered US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls to USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3)
1995-apr-17DecommissionedDecommissioned US AFS-4 USS White Plains
1995-aug-24StruckStruck US AFS-4 USS White Plains
1997-dec-10DecommissionedDecommissioned US T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego
1998-feb-19DecommissionedDecommissioned US AFS-1 USS Mars
2001-jul-28Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US AFS-2 USS Sylvania
2002Fate: sunkFate: sunk US AFS-4 USS White Plains as target
2003-sep-08StruckStruck US T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego
2004-may-24StruckStruck US AFS-1 USS Mars
2006-apr-09Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped US T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego at Philadelphia
2006-jul-15Fate: sunkFate: sunk US AFS-1 USS Mars sunk off Hawaii as a torpedo target during RIMPAC 2006
2008-sepStruckStruck US T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls
2009-aug-18DecommissionedDecommissioned US T-AFS-5 USNS Concord
2012-aug-12Fate: sunkFate: sunk US T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls Sunk as target off Hawaii RIMPAC 2012
2012-aug-17Fate: sunkFate: sunk US T-AFS-5 USNS Concord Sunk by torpedo. SINKEX exercise. Off the coast of Kauai.









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