History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sylvania |
Namesake | Sylvania, Ohio |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Laid down | 18 August 1962 |
Launched | 15 August 1963 |
Commissioned | 11 July 1964 |
Decommissioned | 26 May 1994 |
Stricken | 26 May 1994 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 28 July 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mars-class combat stores ship |
Displacement | 17,500 long tons (17,781 t) full load |
Length | 581 ft (177.1 m) |
Beam | 79 ft (24.1 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 486 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters |
USS Sylvania (AFS-2), a Mars-class combat stores ship, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named Sylvania.
Sylvania was laid down on 18 August 1962 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California; launched on 10 August 1963; sponsored by Mrs. Cyrus R. Vance; and commissioned on 11 July 1964.