Empire State VII

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Empire State docked at SUNY Maritime College in October 2023
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameEmpire State VII
Owner U.S. Maritime Administration
Operator SUNY Maritime College
OrderedApril 2020
Builder Philly Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CostUS$315M
Yard number33 [1]
Laid down10 December 2021 [2]
Launched24 September 2022 [3]
CompletedEnd of June 2023
AcquiredSeptember 18 2023
Homeport Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York City, New York
Identification IMO number:  9910313 [1]
Statuscompleted
General characteristics
Class and typeNSMV, Training Ship/Troopship
Length160.05 m (525.1 ft)
Beam27 m (89 ft)
Height38.4 m (126 ft)
Draft6.5 m (21 ft)
Depth16.8 m (55 ft)
Decks10 Decks (6 above main deck, 3 below main deck)
Ramps RoRo
Installed power16,800 kW (Electrical), 9,000 KW (Propulsion)
Propulsion4 x Wabtec 16V250 Gensets, [4] single screw
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement700 (600 cadets, 100 officers, staff crew (training); 1000 (disaster relief)
Aviation facilitieshelipad

Empire State VII is a training ship owned by the United States Maritime Administration and operated by SUNY Maritime College. She is the first vessel in the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) class and has replaced the 1961-built Empire State VI. The new training ship is the seventh vessel to carry the name Empire State for the SUNY Maritime College [5] but its first purpose-built new build. The previous training ships had been converted cargo or military vessels. [6] (While SUNY refers to the ship as Empire State VII, and US Coast Guard regulations allow use of Roman numerals in a ship name, [7] the vessel displays her name as "Empire State" without a numeral.)

The preliminary and basic NSMV design was developed by the Herbert Engineering Corp. of Alameda, California, [8] and the rest of the design was completed by DSEC headquartered in Busan, Korea. While primarily a training ship the NSMV class is also to be equipped for disaster relief: a Roll-on/Roll-off side ramp, container space and crane, and a helipad. [9]

The contract for the first two NSMV vessels was signed with Philly Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in April 2020 with anticipated delivery in Spring of 2023. [10] Steel cutting for the first vessel began in December 2020. [11] Its keel was laid on 10 December 2021 [2] and launched on 24 September 2022. [3] The vessel was delivered to the SUNY's pier on 18 September 2023. [12]

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