Service History
Niagara Falls was laid down on 22 May 1965 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California; launched on 26 March 1966; sponsored by Mrs. Jacob Javits, wife of the senior Senator from New York; delivered to the Navy at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, California, on 20 April 1967; and commissioned on 29 April, with Captain Horace C. Holley in command.
After initial shakedown, the new combat store ship loaded 2,500 tons of stores at Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California and through September completed final acceptance trials and post-shakedown availability at San Diego.
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