USS Sylvania (AFS-2)

History
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	3 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 1 × De Laval turbine, 1 shaft
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	486
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2×2) (originally 6) Chaff launchers 4 × M240G 7.62×51mm medium machine guns or M249 5.56×45mm light MG 1 M2 12.7×99mm heavy machine gun when security detachment is embarked
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.