SSEquality State
 SS Equality State (T-ACS-8)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | SSEquality State(T-ACS-8) |
| Builder | Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division,San Pedro, California |
| Laid down | 1961 |
| Launched | 11 May 1961 |
| Acquired | 1989 |
| In service | 4 March 1965 |
| Out of service | 28 July 2006 |
| Stricken | 31 August 2016 |
| Homeport | Beaumont, TX |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped 29 June 2019 |
| Notes | Launched as SS Washington Mail |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Keystone State-classcrane 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 | Single screw, 2 GE geared turbine powered, 22,000 HP., Two Combustion Engineering WT boilers |
| Speed | 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Capacity | 1,100 Cargo Containers |
| Complement | Full Operational Status: 89 civilian mariners Reduced Operational Status: 10 civilian mariners |
| Armament | None |
| Aviation facilities | None |
SSEquality State(T-ACS-8)was acrane shipof theUnited States Navy.The ship was named for the state ofWyoming,which is also known as theEquality State.She was scrapped in June 2019.
History
[edit]Equality Statewas laid down on 6 July 1960, as the break-bulk freighterSSWashington Mail,ON 287238, IMO 5386605, aMaritime Administrationtype (C4-S-1s) hull under MARAD contract (MA 86). Built byTodd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division,San Pedro, California, hull no. 77, she was launched on 11 May 1961, and delivered to MARAD 2 January 1962, entering service for American Mail Lines, a subsidiary ofAmerican President Lines.In 1971 she was lengthened and converted to a type (C6-S-1s) hullcontainer shipby Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA. On 26 November 1975 the ship was renamedSSPresident Roosevelt,after AML was merged into APL. She was sold to Delta Steamship Lines 7 September 1983, and renamedSSSanta Rosa.She was again sold toUnited States Linesin 1985 when USL absorbed Delta Line, and renamedSSAmerican Builder.After the collapse of US Lines in 1986, the ship was returned to MARAD 6 April 1987 and laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet(NDRF) at Hampton Roads, VA. In 1989 she was converted to a type (C6-S1aq) Crane Ship by Tampa Shipyards, Tampa, Florida. Completed on 24 May 1989, she was assigned to theReady Reserve Force(RRF), under operation control of theMilitary Sealift Command(MSC) and placed in service asSSEquality State(ACS-8).[1]Equality Statewas berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a four-day readiness status. Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet (Beaumont, TX), 28 July 2006. She was designated for disposal in August 2016.[2]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Silverstone 2011 p. 237
- ^"NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET INVENTORY MAR-612: RESERVE FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MONTHLY REPORT AS OF August 31, 2016"(PDF).MARAD - National Defense Reserve Fleet.U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration.Retrieved14 October2016.
Online
[edit]- SS Equality State (ACS-8)
This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register,which, as a U.S. government publication, is in thepublic domain.The entry can be foundhere.
External links
[edit]- National Defense Reserve Fleet InventoryArchived2016-12-24 at theWayback Machine