SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Keystone State.

SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
History
United States
Name	SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA
Laid down	23 January 1965
Launched	10 February 1965
Acquired	July 1984
In service	Delivered to the American President Lines, 25 April 1966
Homeport	Alameda, CA
Identification	IMO number:  6605022 MMSI number: 366565000 Callsign: WCJI
Status	In ready reserve since 1984. Five days needed to activate.
Notes	Launched as the SS President Harrison
General characteristics
Class and type	Keystone State-class crane ship
Displacement	31,500 tons
Length	668 ft 5 in (203.73 m)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.19 m)
Draft	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Propulsion	2 Combustion Engineering boilers, 2 GE geared steam turbines; 10,747shp, one propeller
Speed	17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Capacity	300+ Cargo Containers
Complement	Full Operational Status: 37 civilian mariners Reduced Operational Status: 10 civilian mariners
Armament	None
Aviation facilities	None

SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1) is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the state of Pennsylvania, which is also known as the Keystone State.

History

Keystone State was laid down on 23 January 1965, as the combination breakbulk-container ship SS President Harrison, ON 502569, IMO 6605022, a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-1qa) hull, under MARAD contract (MA 166). Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA, hull no. 339, she was launched 10 February 1965, and delivered to MARAD on 25 April 1966, for service with American President Lines. She was converted to a MARAD type (C6-S-1qc) container ship, 16 February 1973, and continued to be operated by APL until delivered to the Maritime Administration, 19 July 1982, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA, and was later transferred to NDRF James River, Lee Hall, VA., 11 September 1982. In 1983-1984 the ship was converted to a type (C6-S-MA1qd) Crane Ship at Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ^{[1] [2]} She was placed in service as SS Keystone State (ACS-1) 7 May 1984, and assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force (RRF). ^[1]

The ship is one of 10 Crane Ships in the Military Sealift Command Surge Force and is berthed at Alameda, CA.; assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three, she is maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5) at the Ready Reserve Fleet Alameda.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

Notes

1. Polmar, Norman (2005). The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. Naval Institute Press. p. 308. ISBN   1591146852.
2. Report on Survey of U.S. Shipbuilding and Repair Facilities (PDF) (Report). United States Maritime Administration. 1987. p. 11.

Bibliography

• Polmar, Norman (2005). The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. Naval Institute Press. p. 308. ISBN   1591146852.

Online

• SS Keystone State (ACS-1)

External links

• MARAD Ship History

 This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register , which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.