Wreck of USS White Plains (AFS-4)

USA / Hawaii / Princeville /
 military, shipwreck, United States Navy

The White Plains was the 4th member of the Mars Class of Combat Stores Ships and served in the US Navy from 1968 to 1995 and was a decorated Vietnam Veteran, having served on 5 separate deployments to the theatre.

Decommissioned earlier than her sisters as a result of damaged received when she grounded at Guam during a typhoon, she was placed into the Pearl Harbor NISMF in reserve until she was sunk here as a target on July 8th, 2002 in 2,570 fathoms.

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Coordinates:   23°15'36"N   160°8'40"W
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