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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Mars |
| Builder | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Maryland |
| Laid down | 5 October 1908 |
| Launched | 10 April 1909 |
| Sponsored by | Ms. Juliana Keyser |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 3 July 1912 |
| Recommissioned | 11 December 1912 |
| Decommissioned | 15 July 1913 |
| Recommissioned | 8 May 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 27 December 1921 |
| Reclassified | "AC-6", 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 26 April 1923 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Collier |
| Displacement | 11,250 long tons (11,430 t) normal |
| Length | 403 ft (123 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 8 in (7.52 m) |
| Speed | 12.65 kn (14.56 mph; 23.43 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 |
| Armament | 4 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns |
The second USS Mars (AC-6) was a collier of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland on 5 October 1908, launched on 10 April 1909, sponsored by Miss Juliana Keyser, and commissioned at Norfolk on 26 August 1909. She was the sister of the USS Hector (AC-7).