USS White Plains (AFS-4)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS White Plains.
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.
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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 |
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