AFS-2 U.S.S. Sylvania

       

Class: MARS CLASS COMBAT STORES SHIP
Displacement: 9,852 t.(lt) 17,382 t.(fl)
Dimensions: Lenght 581'; Beam 79'; Draft 27'(max.)
Armament: Four twin 3"/50 gun mounts, four .50 cal. machine guns
Speed: 20kts

Laid down August 18, 1962 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA
Launched August 15, 1963; Commissioned July 11, 1964; Decommissioned May 26, 1994
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA,
maintenance category X;
Struck from the Naval Register January 5, 1995 - Title transferred to the Maritime Administration
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by DRMS, July 28, 2001