Niagara Falls - AFS-3

Niagara Falls took part in Vietnam war 1968-73, first Gulf War 1991-94.

She completed her last mission support operation in July 2008, and was deactivated at Pearl Harbor in September 2008. In 2010 the ship was selected to be sunk as a target. At approximately 11:30 am 14 July 2012, Niagara Falls was sunk by multiple UTM-84, RGM-84, GBU-10, GBU-32 and 30 mm impacts in waters 4700 m deep, 63 nautical miles southwest of Kauai as a target vessel during the 2012 RIMPAC exercise.

Class & type: Mars-class combat stores ship

Displacement: 17,781 t - full load

Complement:

As USS :

480–530 (with HC-5/3 Air Detachment)

As USNS :

49 Navy, 125 civilian merchant seamen

Armament:

As USS :

4 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2×2) (originally 6)

Chaff launchers

4 × M2 12.7×99 mm heavy machine guns

As USNS :

4 × M240G 7.62×51 mm medium machine guns or M249 5.56×45 mm light MG

1 M2 12.7×99 mm heavy machine gun when security detachment is embarked

Aircraft carried:

As USS :

2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters HC-5 Providers

As USNS :

2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters HSC-25 Island Knights