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USS Mars (AFS-1) 1963 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Mars (AFS 1) was the lead ship of the Mars class of combat stores ships, commissioned on 21 December 1963 at National City, California. Named for the Roman god of war, she was built to provide underway replenishment of ammunition, provisions, and stores to combatant ships at sea. Mars served with the Pacific Fleet throughout the Cold War, supporting operations in the Western Pacific and sustaining fleet readiness across decades of service. This

and kept the skies contested over some of the most defended terrain in Southeast Asia

As coalition forces worked to stabilize Iraq through the surge era

Deployed to the Indian Ocean

and provisions underway — sustaining the combat power of the warships around her

It was a different kind of war from the Cold War standoffs of earlier deployments — more ambiguous

The summer of 1965 marked a turning point in Vietnam

This long sleeve shirt commemorates the 1986 cruise — a deployment in the thick of the Cold War's final decade

During her 2005–06 deployment to the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility

ensuring that every service member fighting ashore could count on freedom of the seas

She is named in honor of the Battle of Lake Erie

ready to respond as one of the most volatile crises of the Cold War's final decade unfolded ashore

USS Intrepid (CVS-11) deployed in one of her final operational cruises before decommissioning in 1974