USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)
USS Niagara Falls (AFS–3), a Mars-class combat stores ship, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the City of Niagara Falls, New York. Commissioned into the US Navy on 29 April 1967, she served until September 1994, when she was transferred to the US Military Sealift Command to serve as USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3). Assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Far East, she served until 30 September 2008, when she was finally deactivated.
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USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)
USS Niagara Falls (AFS–3), a Mars-class combat stores ship, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the City of Niagara Falls, New York. Commissioned into the US Navy on 29 April 1967, she served until September 1994, when she was transferred to the US Military Sealift Command to serve as USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3). Assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Far East, she served until 30 September 2008, when she was finally deactivated.
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2008-09-30
active years start date
1994-09-23
commissioning date
1967-04-29
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1965-05-22
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2.40792e+1
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ship launched
1966-03-26
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Sunk as a Target
Transferred to Military Sealift Command, 23 September 1994.
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*2 × UH-46 Sea Knigh ...... icopters HSC-25 Island Knights
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*4 × 3"/50 caliber g ...... ecurity detachment is embarked
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*As USS :
*480–530
*As USNS :
*49 Navy, 125 civilian merchant seamen
Ship decommissioned
September 1994
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*San Diego, CA
*Sasebo, Japan
*Alameda, CA
*Guam,
Ship namesake
The city of Niagara Falls, New York
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*3 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
*1 × De Laval turbine, 1 shaft
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USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)
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USNS Niagara Falls
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USS Niagara Falls
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Fighting Falls
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The Fighting Falls
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