USS San Diego (AFS-6)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS San Diego.
USS San Diego (AFS-6) was a Mars-class combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1968. She served the U.S. Atlantic Fleet until decommissioned in 1993. She then was redesignated as a United States Naval Ship, assigned to the Military Sealift Command, and served in a non-commissioned status with a mostly civilian crew as USNS San Diego (T-AFS-6) until 1997.
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USS San Diego (AFS-6) underway off Virginia in 1988 | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | San Diego, California |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Laid down | 11 March 1967 |
Launched | 13 April 1968 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank Curran |
Commissioned | 24 May 1969 as USS San Diego (AFS-6) |
Decommissioned | 11 August 1993 |
In service | 11 August 1993 as USNS San Diego (T-AFS-6) |
Out of service | 10 December 1997 |
Reclassified | USNS San Diego (T-AFS-6), 11 August 1993 |
Stricken | 8 September 2003 |
Honors and awards | Supply Efficiency "E", 1971 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 9 April 2006 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Mars-class combat stores ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 581' |
Beam | 79' |
Draft | 27' (max.) |
Propulsion | three 580psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers; one De Laval Turbine; single shaft |
Speed | 20 knots |
Complement | As Military Sealift Command ship (1993-1997): 49 U.S. Navy personnel, 125 civilian merchant seamen |
Armament | 4 × 3″/50 dual-purpose guns (2x2) Originally equipped with 6 x 3 in (76 mm) DP guns, Chaff Launchers, 4 × M240G 7.62×51mm medium machine guns or M249 5.56×45mm light MG, and 1 M2 12.7×99mm heavy machine gun when security detachment is embarked while in USN service. None in USNS Service |
Aircraft carried | two UH-46 helicopters |
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