1968 to 1995    

AFS-4 USS White Plains

US US Navy





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Shipyard: NASSCO San Diego





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History of US USS White Plains AFS-4

1965-oct-02Laid downLaid down
1966-jul-26LaunchedLaunched
1968-nov-23CommissionedCommissioned
1984 lost H-46 helo in Indian ocean while attempting vertrep
1992-aug-27 while mooring in Guam was hit by Typhoon Omar and ran aground on the coral beach
1993-aug-24 accident UH-46 151926 accident out of Fujairah, UAE. 4 fatalities
1995-apr-17DecommissionedDecommissioned
1995-aug-24StruckStruck
2002Fate: sunkFate: sunk as target



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  Specifications


Mars class
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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US US Navy B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 12
US US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 22
US US Navy SNIA SA330 Puma 10





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US NASSCO San Diego,




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