SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)

Grand Canyon State
History
United States
Name	SS Grand Canyon State
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA
Laid down	20 March 1964
Launched	23 January 1965
Acquired	4 November 1965
In service	4 March 1965
Homeport	Alameda, CA
Identification	IMO number: 6510899 MMSI number: 368916000 Callsign: WNEI
Status	In ready reserve since 1986.
Notes	Launched as SS President Polk
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 boilers, two steam turbines, single propeller, 17,500shp
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
Time to activate	5 days
Armament	None
Aviation facilities	None

SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3) is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the state of Arizona, which is also known as the Grand Canyon State.

History[]

Grand Canyon State was laid down on 20 March 1964, as the combination breakbulk-container ship SS President Polk, ON 500484, IMO 6510899, a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-1aq) hull under MARAD contract (MA 164). Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA, hull no. 338, she was launched on 23 January 1965, and delivered to MARAD on 4 November 1965, for service with American President Lines. She was converted to a MARAD type (C6-S-1qc) container ship, in 1973, and continued to be operated by APL until delivered to the Maritime Administration in 1982 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). In 1985-1987 she was converted to a type (C6-S-MA1qd) Crane Ship by Dillingham Corporation, San Francisco, CA. She was placed in service as SS Grand Canyon State (ACS-3) 27 October 1987, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force, (RRF).^[1] The Grand Canyon State is assigned to the Maritime Propositioning Squadron Three and is maintained in a 5-day readiness status (ROS-5).^{[citation needed]}

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Bibliography[]

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

Online[]

• SS Grand Canyon State (ACS-3)
• 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.

External links[]

• Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory