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    • AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls

    US US Navy

    1994 to 2008 - T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls    



    1967 to 1994    



    AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls

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    Shipyard: NASSCO San Diego


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    History of US AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls

    1965-may-22Laid down
    1966-mar-26Launched
    1967-apr-29Commissioned
    1969DeploymentWestPac, with UH-46 151904 during replenishing of USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
    1994-sepDecommissioned
    1994-sep-23Fate: transferedto USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3)

    History of US T-AFS-3 USNS Niagara Falls

    2008-sepStruck
    2012-aug-12Fate: sunkSunk as target off Hawaii RIMPAC 2012

    Specifications

    		    

        from 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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    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

    		    

    US NASSCO San Diego,



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