USNS Mars (AFS-1)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USNS_Mars_(AFS-1)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait) gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia) gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam	79 feet
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:National_Steel_and_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Mars-class_combat_stores_ship
gptkbp:commissioned	21 December 1963
gptkbp:convertedTo	USNS Mars (T-AFS-1)
gptkbp:decommissioned	1998
gptkbp:displacement	17,500 tons
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
gptkbp:hullNumber	AFS-1
gptkbp:laidDown	May 1962
gptkbp:launched	October 1963
gptkbp:length	581 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Mars_(Roman_god_of_war)
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:propulsion	gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:speed	20 knots
gptkbp:status	scrapped
gptkbp:struck	1998
gptkbp:transferredTo	gptkb:Military_Sealift_Command
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:San_Clemente-class_oil_tanker
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USNS Mars (AFS-1)