&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_White_Plains_(AFS-4)_underway_off_Guam_(USA)_on_11_April_1984_(L45-305.06.01).jpg) White Plains in 1984
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS White Plains |
| Namesake | White Plains, New York |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego |
| Laid down | 2 October 1965 |
| Launched | 26 July 1966 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Bob Wilson |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 17 April 1995 |
| Stricken | 24 August 1995 |
| Nickname(s) | "The Orient Express" |
| Fate | Sunk as target 8 July 2002 |
| 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 | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement | 42 Commissioned officers and 445 enlisted personnel |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS White Plains (AFS-4) was a Mars-class combat stores ship in service with the United States Navy from 1968 to 1995. She was sunk as a target in 2002.