Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Sylvania was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company at San Diego. Cali- fornia. Her keel was laid 18 August 1962. and she was launched 10-August 1963. Sylvania is named for Georgia and Ohio communities that bear the name of the asteroid Sylvania. She is the second ship of the Mars class combat store ships to be commissioned, and the first ship of her type to report for duty in the Atlantic Fleet. At the commissioning ceremonies, held 11 July 1964 at the Long Beach Naval Ship- yard, Long Beach, California, Captain B.A. Lienhard took command of Sylvania. After commissioning. Sylvania commenced a one-month fitting out period at Beach Naval Shipyard. Tuesday, 1lAllg1lSt 1964, Uss Sylvania ws underway for the first time as an operatimujgirt States Navyg' Training it ' menced during H ' 'S it Fleet Training School ' 4 t A tinued off the West 1964. During this newest underway Sacramento, USS conducted training test their new type ishment eq the Atlantic i F P lee? anafha Canal tm r.v. 1 Sylvania conducted training in and October and to Kingston and during that it Q.-.... Bay on October 1964 and arrived ln Norfolk. Vl!'glIli3.t0H 16 0Cf0bG1' 1os4 where she entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsllflollth, Virginia, for an extended yard period during which design deficiencies were corrected. On 7 February 1965. Sylvania got Underway for the first time in three and a half m0HfhS md mqved to theplers attheNorfolk Naval Supply Center. With this as abase of OPGT' ations for the next two months. She CQH' ttnued loading stores, held underway t-Palma me off Vthg Virginia Capes, and visite Charleston. S.C.. near her namesake C1111 of symma. Georgia, for five days- OH 1 April 19155. Sylvania get uHdefWaY.frf,1Q Norfolk to began her deployment .mr he Mediterranean. on the 25th of sAg':i,Si0p pun Rota 8 S 'C samesxilzassedttfrough of Gibraltar. officially becofn' me sm meet. Allie: Slzlzfgigg i l n r . ' her newmhgelgiffstundeeway Mediterranean. Since M Pmazitazttz of her Stay inthe . , A the f1I'St Sea Knggfg at Sea 0 1580110 he Crew 113.3 in Spam, during her

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