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    • AFS-4 USS White Plains

    US US Navy




    1968 to 1995    


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    History of US AFS-4 USS White Plains

    1965-oct-2Laid down
    1966-jul-26Launched
    1968-nov-23Commissioned
    1984lost H-46 helo in Indian ocean while attempting vertrep
    1992-aug-27while mooring in Guam was hit by Typhoon Omar and ran aground on the coral beach
    1993-aug-24accident UH-46 151926 accident out of Fujairah, UAE. 4 fatalities
    1995-apr-17Decommissioned
    1995-aug-24Struck
    2002Fate: sunkas target

    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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    Builder

    		    

    US NASSCO San Diego,



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