1967 to 1994    

AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls

US US Navy

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




AFS-3 USS Niagara Falls

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Shipyard: NASSCO San Diego





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History of US USS Niagara Falls AFS-3

1965-may-22Laid downLaid down
1966-mar-26LaunchedLaunched
1967-apr-29CommissionedCommissioned
1969DeploymentDeployment WestPac, with UH-46 151904 during replenishing of USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
1994-sepDecommissionedDecommissioned
1994-sep-23Fate: transferedFate: transfered to USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3)

History of US USNS Niagara Falls T-AFS-3

2008-sepStruckStruck
2012-aug-12Fate: sunkFate: sunk Sunk as target off Hawaii RIMPAC 2012



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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 SNIA SA330 Puma 10





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US NASSCO San Diego,




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