USNS Concord

USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
USNS Concord (T-AFS-5), June 2007
History
United States
NameUSS Concord
NamesakeConcord, Massachusetts, location of the Battle of Concord
Ordered18 December 1964
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down26 March 1966
Launched17 December 1966
Acquired21 November 1968
Commissioned17 November 1968 as USS Concord (AFS-5)
Decommissioned15 October 1992
In service15 October 1992
Out of service18 August 2009
ReclassifiedUSNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
Stricken18 August 2009
FateSunk as a target, 17 July 2012
General characteristics
Class and typeMars class combat stores ship
Displacement9,200 tons (light) 15,900-18,663 tons (full)
Length581 ft (177 m)
Beam79 ft (24 m)
Draft27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion3 × 580psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one De Laval turbine, single shaft
Speed20 knots
ComplementOfficers: 48; enlisted: 441
Armament2 × twin 3 in (76 mm) gun mounts
Armor3.15 in
Aircraft carried2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters

USS Concord (AFS-5), was a Mars-class combat stores ship, in service with the United States Navy from 1968 to 1992. Concord became the first of five ships of its class to be transferred to Military Sealift Command. The transfer was completed in October 1992 and she was redesignated USNS Concord (T-AFS-5). Concord was stricken in August 2009 and sunk as a target in 2012.