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USNS Concord

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USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
USNS Concord (T-AFS-5), June 2007
History
United States
NameUSS Concord
NamesakeConcord, Massachusetts, location of the Battle of Concord
Ordered18 December 1964
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down26 March 1966
Launched17 December 1966
Acquired21 November 1968
Commissioned17 November 1968 as USS Concord (AFS-5)
Decommissioned15 October 1992
In service15 October 1992
Out of service18 August 2009
ReclassifiedUSNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
Stricken18 August 2009
FateSunk as a target, 17 July 2012
General characteristics
Class and typeMars class combat stores ship
Displacement9,200 tons (light) 15,900-18,663 tons (full)
Length581 ft (177 m)
Beam79 ft (24 m)
Draft27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion3 × 580psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one De Laval turbine, single shaft
Speed20 knots
ComplementOfficers: 48; enlisted: 441
Armament2 × twin 3 in (76 mm) gun mounts
Armor3.15 in
Aircraft carried2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters

USS Concord (AFS-5), was a Mars-class combat stores ship, in service with the United States Navy from 1968 to 1992. Concord became the first of five ships of its class to be transferred to Military Sealift Command. The transfer was completed in October 1992 and she was redesignated USNS Concord (T-AFS-5). Concord was stricken in August 2009 and sunk as a target in 2012.

History

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Concord was laid down on 26 March 1966 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California. The ship was launched on 17 December 1966 and commissioned on 27 November 1968. On 18 August 1992, Concord was decommissioned and transferred to Military Sealift Command, and assigned to the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (PM1), MSC Far East.

USS Concord (AFS-5) at Trieste, Italy in 1983

After being stricken on 18 August 2009, Concord was sunk at 16:12 hrs (UTC-10) on 17 July 2012 as part of the SINKEX portion of Rim of the Pacific naval exercises. She was struck by a Mark 48 torpedo fired from HMCS Victoria and settled in water 15,390 feet (4,690 meters) deep, 61 nautical miles (113 kilometres) from the coast of Kauai, Hawaii.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "RIMPAC sinks second ship". KITV4 (ABC). 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.