TAFS-6 San Diego

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Mars, [AF].

Builder: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 13 April 1968.

Commission date: 24 May 1969.

Decommission date: 08 November 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 9.200 light, 15.900 - 18.663 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 177,1 x 24,1 x 7,3

Main machinery: 3 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 x Westinghouse steam turbines ( 22.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 10.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 135.

Military lift: 2.625 tons dry stores; 1300 refrigerated stores.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon SPS 10, G band; Navigation: Marconi LN 66.

Helicopter: 2 x UH46E.

Callsign: NNCD ()

Awards (as of 08/11/1993): 

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