TAFS-5 Concord

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Mars, [AF].

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

Launch date: 17 December 1966.

Commission date: 27 November 1968.

Decommission date: 15 October 1992.

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 De Laval turbine ( 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: NACK ()

Comment: Transferred to the MSC on 15 Oct. 1992. Sunk as a target for Exercise Pacific Rim 2012.

Awards (as of 15/10/1992): 

Similar units:

 TAFS4 White Plains
 TAFS6 San Diego