1963 to 1998    

AFS-1 USS Mars

US US Navy





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Shipyard: NASSCO San Diego





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History of US USS Mars AFS-1

1962-may-05Laid downLaid down
1963-jun-15LaunchedLaunched
1963-dec-01CommissionedCommissioned
1965-marAircraftAircraft UH-46A 150965
1965-sep with HC-1 Det Atsugi, Japan
1966-sep-23 Shellback Initiation on Helo flight deck
1969-apr-08DeploymentDeployment lost UH-46 152494
1990-dec-04 First ship to desert storm
1998-feb-19DecommissionedDecommissioned
2004-may-24StruckStruck
2006-jul-15Fate: sunkFate: sunk sunk off Hawaii as a torpedo target during RIMPAC 2006



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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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