The USS MARS AFS-1 final assignment was as a target ship for military operations in the waters off Hawaii. She took quite a pounding before finally giving up. Mars was sunk on 15 July 2006 at 1622 hours in 2,750 fathoms of water, 54 miles from land.
Our ship's bell is now located in Mars, PA.
THE SUPPLYLINE
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I have established the months of February & July as publishing months.
Lost your link to the Supplyline page then Send Me An Email.
January 20th is the deadline for all articles and photos to be submitted for issue 29.
The SupplyLine is currently in need of donations if you receive the SupplyLine in the US Mail please consider making a donation to this fund. Your past issue will tell you how to do that.
"Life After Mars"
I have had many requests for the article page: "Life After Mars" to be continued. If you would like to submit an article for this page please Send Me An Email
It would be an article on what you have done since serving aboard our ship.
For all other reasons for contacting us please go to our
Welcome Page
and submit the feedback form.
We have now located over 1300 former crew members. To keep this number growing we need your help. If you are visiting this site for the first time and you are a former crew member or if your contact information has changed.
So you have been on our site and you have not gone to the Welcome Page and filled out the feedback form!
Why the hesitation?
This is your site supported by us. We are not government funded.
This makes us very happy when we hear from you.
JANUARY 09 2010 At 3:25PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME WE BROKE 1300 FORMER CREW MEMBERS CONTACTING US.
I have updated the reunion page with new information provided by Chuck Scanlon on the up coming 2010 reunion in Alameda CA. I have placed links to all of the activities listed.
Our Ship's Store page has new items please visit this page to see what is available.
You may print out an order form fill it out remember to place a return address label in the box provided, mail it along with your check to Ken Dively our Ship's Store Manager.
We have received three request from Daughters of former Crew Members. They have requested crew members who knew their Dads to email them with any information. All three folders on the Message Board have email links which you can send that information directly to the Daughters.
However the folders have been locked to prevent any postings within those folders on the board.
It is Chuck's and my feeling that any and all information that you wish to provide should go directly to them.
Thank you,
The Web Team
Updated: 30 January 2010
Art Sweetland
Web-Master
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