Mars class - AO - Support Ship IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: Shipyard: NASSCO San Diego Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: sunkDeploymentAircraft History of 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 Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Mars class 150crew 9200light (tn) 18000full load (tn) 177length (m) 24beam (m) 8.50draught (m) 21max speed (knots) 3Naval Engine boilers1Naval Engine steam turbines 1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC 1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-10 Aircraft Typical Max US Navy B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 12 US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 22 US Navy SNIA SA330 Puma 10 Builder NASSCO San Diego,