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 |
| 150 | crew | ||||||
| 9200 | light (tn) | ||||||
| 18000 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 177 | length (m) | ||||||
| 24 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 8.50 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 21 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 3 | Naval Engine boilers | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Engine steam turbines | ||||||
| 1 | Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 | ||||||
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Aircraft| Typical | Max | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 US Navy | B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 1 | 2 | |||||
| US Navy | Sikorsky S-70 H-60 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| US Navy | SNIA SA330 Puma | 1 | 0 | |||||
Shipyards |
| NASSCO San Diego - | 7 |
List of Ships |
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| 1963 | 1998 | sunk 2006 | | US Navy | AFS-1 | USS Mars | |||
| 1964 | 1994 | | US Navy | AFS-2 | USS Sylvania | ||||
| 1967 | 1994 | | US Navy | AFS-3 | USS Niagara Falls | ||||
| 1994 | 2008 | sunk 2012 | T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls | ||||||
| 1968 | 1995 | sunk 2002 | | US Navy | AFS-4 | USS White Plains | |||
| 1968 | 1992 | | US Navy | AFS-5 | USS Concord | ||||
| 1992 | 2009 | sunk 2012 | T-AFS-5 USNS Concord | ||||||
| 1969 | 1993 | | US Navy | AFS-6 | USS San Diego | NNCD | |||
| 1993 | 1997 | T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego | |||||||
| 1970 | 1993 | | US Navy | AFS-7 | USS San Jose | ||||
| 1993 | 2010 | T-AFS-7 USNS San Jose | |||||||
Events |
| 1962-may-05 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-1 USS Mars | |
| 1962-aug-18 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 1963-jun-15 | Launched | Launched AFS-1 USS Mars | |
| 1963-aug-15 | Launched | Launched AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 1963-dec-01 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-1 USS Mars | |
| 1964-jul-11 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 1965-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft AFS-1 USS Mars UH-46A 150965 | |
| 1965-may-22 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls | |
| 1965-sep | AFS-1 USS Mars with HC-1 Det Atsugi, Japan | ||
| 1965-oct-02 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-4 USS White Plains | |
| 1966-mar-26 | Launched | Launched AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls | |
| 1966-mar-26 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-5 USS Concord | |
| 1966-jul-26 | Launched | Launched AFS-4 USS White Plains | |
| 1966-sep-23 | AFS-1 USS Mars Shellback Initiation on Helo flight deck | ||
| 1966-dec-17 | Launched | Launched AFS-5 USS Concord | |
| 1967-mar-11 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-6 USS San Diego | |
| 1967-apr-29 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls | |
| 1968-apr-13 | Launched | Launched AFS-6 USS San Diego | |
| 1968-nov-23 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-4 USS White Plains | |
| 1968-nov-27 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-5 USS Concord | |
| 1969 | Deployment | Deployment AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls WestPac, with UH-46 151904 during replenishing of USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) | |
| 1969-mar-08 | Laid down | Laid down AFS-7 USS San Jose | |
| 1969-apr-08 | Deployment | Deployment AFS-1 USS Mars lost UH-46 152494 | |
| 1969-may-24 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-6 USS San Diego | |
| 1969-dec-13 | Launched | Launched AFS-7 USS San Jose | |
| 1970-oct-23 | Commissioned | Commissioned AFS-7 USS San Jose | |
| 1976-dec-17 | AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 Det2 CH-46D Buno 153337 crashed at sea during night VertRep mission. | ||
| 1977-feb-10 | AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 Det2 CH-46D BuNo 152537 crashed at sea during night vertrep mission | ||
| 1977-oct-11 | AFS-7 USS San Jose UNREP with USS New Orleans (LPH-11) | ||
| 1984 | AFS-4 USS White Plains lost H-46 helo in Indian ocean while attempting vertrep | ||
| 1986 | AFS-6 USS San Diego HC-6 CRASH | ||
| 1990-dec-04 | AFS-1 USS Mars First ship to desert storm | ||
| 1991 | AFS-7 USS San Jose Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1990/1991 HH-46D 150271 HC-5 Det.1 | ||
| 1992-aug-27 | AFS-4 USS White Plains while mooring in Guam was hit by Typhoon Omar and ran aground on the coral beach | ||
| 1992-oct-15 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AFS-5 USS Concord as T-AFS-5 USNS Concord | |
| 1993-aug-11 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AFS-6 USS San Diego to T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego | |
| 1993-aug-24 | AFS-4 USS White Plains UH-46 151926 accident out of Fujairah, UAE. 4 fatalities | ||
| 1993-sep | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AFS-7 USS San Jose to T-AFS-7 USNS San Jose | |
| 1994-may-26 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 1994-may-26 | Struck | Struck AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 1994-sep | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls | |
| 1994-sep-23 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls to USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) | |
| 1995-apr-17 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AFS-4 USS White Plains | |
| 1995-aug-24 | Struck | Struck AFS-4 USS White Plains | |
| 1997-dec-10 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego | |
| 1998-feb-19 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned AFS-1 USS Mars | |
| 1999-oct-25 | T-AFS-7 USNS San Jose INTERFET allocated to Australian-led INTERFET mission to East Timor | ||
| 2001-jul-28 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped AFS-2 USS Sylvania | |
| 2002 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk AFS-4 USS White Plains as target | |
| 2003-sep-08 | Struck | Struck T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego | |
| 2004-may-24 | Struck | Struck AFS-1 USS Mars | |
| 2006-apr-09 | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped T-AFS-6 USNS San Diego at Philadelphia | |
| 2006-jul-15 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk AFS-1 USS Mars sunk off Hawaii as a torpedo target during RIMPAC 2006 | |
| 2008-sep | Struck | Struck T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls | |
| 2009-aug-18 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned T-AFS-5 USNS Concord | |
| 2012-aug-12 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls Sunk as target off Hawaii RIMPAC 2012 | |
| 2012-aug-17 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk T-AFS-5 USNS Concord Sunk by torpedo. SINKEX exercise. Off the coast of Kauai. |
