Combat Stores Ships-T-AFS
Description: Combat Stores Ships deliver supplies to Navy units at sea.
Features: Combat Stores Ships are capable of underway replenishment using tensioned cargo rigs and UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. Combat Stores Ships carry refrigerated stores, dry provisions, technical spares, general stores, fleet freight, and mail.
Background: T-AFS 1-7 were transferred from active Naval forces to the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force in 1992. T-AFS 8-10 were purchased from the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
General Characteristics, Mars Class Combat Stores Ships
Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding Co
Power Plant: 3 boilers, geared turbines, 1 shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower
Length: 581 feet (174 meters)
Beam: 79 feet (24 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 16,000 tons (14,545 metric tons) full load
Speed: 20 knots (23 miles, 37 kilometers per hour)
Aircraft: Two UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Ships: No Homeports assigned
USNS Mars (T-AFS 1)
USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3)
USNS Concord (T-AFS 5)
USNS San Diego (T-AFS 6)
USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7)
Crew: 135 civilian
Armament: None
General Characteristics, Sirius Class Combat Stores Ships
Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne, UK
Power Plant: One diesel engine, one shaft, 11,520 shaft horsepower
Length: 524 feet (160 meters)
Beam: 72 feet (22 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 16,792 tons (15,265 metric tons) full load.
Speed: 18 knots (21 miles, 33 kilometers per hour).
Aircraft: Two UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Ships: No Homeports assigned
USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8)
USNS Spica (T-AFS 9)
USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10)
Crew: 125 civilian + 65 military
Armament: None
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