SS Diamond State
 SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7) |
| Builder | Todd Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA |
| Laid down | 1961 |
| Launched | 11 May 1961 |
| Acquired | 1989 |
| In service | 4 March 1965 |
| Out of service | 28 July 2006 |
| Status | National Defense Reserve Fleet - Logistical Support |
| Notes | Launched as SS Japan Mail |
| 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 | two Combustion Engineering boilers two General Electric geared turbines single propeller, 10,747shp |
| Speed | 17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Capacity | 300+ Cargo Containers |
| Complement | Full Operational Status: 89 civilian mariners Reduced Operational Status: 10 civilian mariners |
| Armament | None |
| Aviation facilities | None |
SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7) was laid down on 22 November 1960, as the break-bulk freighter SS Japan Mail, IMO 5170185, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1aq) hull, under MARAD contract (MA 87). Built by Todd Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA, she was launched on 8 August 1961 and delivered to MARAD, 19 April 1962, and entered service for American Mail Line. In 1971 she was lengthened and converted to a container ship by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, CA. In 1975 the ship was renamed SS President Truman, after AML was merged into American President Lines. She was returned to MARAD date unknown and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). She was converted to a Crane Ship, 15 December 1988[1] and assigned to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as SS Diamond State (ACS-7), 22 February 1989. Diamond State is one of 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and was berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5). She was removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the NDRF (Beaumont, TX) on 28 July 2006
References
- ^ Silverstone 2011 p. 237
- Silverstone, Paul (2011). The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007. Routledge. ISBN 1135864667.
- SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7)
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.