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{{Short description|Crane ship}} | {{Short description|Crane ship}} | ||
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| | |image_caption=SS ''Gopher State'' (T-ACS-4) | ||
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{{Infobox ship career | |||
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| | |country=United States | ||
| | |flag={{Shipboxflag|United States}} | ||
| | |owner=[[United States Maritime Administration]] | ||
*(1973-1978) American Export Lines | |operator=*(1973) [[American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines]] | ||
*(1978-1986) [[Farrell Lines]] | *(1973-1978) American Export Lines | ||
| | *(1978-1986) [[Farrell Lines]] | ||
| | |name=''Export Leader'' | ||
| | |namesake= | ||
| | |ordered=20 October 1970 | ||
| | |builder=[[Bath Iron Works]] | ||
| | |laid_down=26 July 1971 | ||
| | |launched=8 July 1972 | ||
| | |acquired= | ||
| | |commissioned= | ||
| | |decommissioned= | ||
| | |homeport=Newport News, VA | ||
| | |in_service=22 January 1973 | ||
| | |out_of_service=1986 laid up | ||
| | |struck= | ||
| | |reinstated= | ||
| | |identification={{IMO Number|7226689}} | ||
| | |honours= | ||
| | |fate=Acquired by the United States Navy | ||
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}} | |notes= | ||
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| | |country=United States | ||
| | |flag={{USN flag}} | ||
| | |name= ''Gopher State'' (T-ACS-4) | ||
| | |namesake=Named in honor of the state of [[Minnesota]]. | ||
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| | |acquired=1986 | ||
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| | |in_service=12 October 1987 to the present | ||
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*{{MMSI Number|366575000}} | |reinstated= | ||
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WCJV | |identification=*{{IMO Number|7226689}} | ||
| | *{{MMSI Number|366575000}} | ||
| | *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WCJV | ||
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* 31500 tons (full) | |header_caption= | ||
| | |class={{sclass|Gopher State|crane ship}} | ||
| | |displacement=* 13900 tons (light) | ||
| | * 31500 tons (full) | ||
| | |length=668 ft 7 in | ||
| | |beam=76 ft 1 in | ||
* 2 boilers | |draught= | ||
* 1 shaft single propeller | |draft=33 ft 6 in | ||
* 17,500 shp | |propulsion=* Steam turbines | ||
| | * 2 boilers | ||
| | * 1 shaft single propeller | ||
| | * 17,500 shp | ||
* four 30 ton capacity cranes | |speed=17 knots | ||
| | |range= | ||
* 32 civilian during Full Operating Status | |capacity=* 300 plus containers | ||
| | * four 30 ton capacity cranes | ||
| | |complement=* 9 civilian during [[Reduced Operating Status]] | ||
| | * 32 civilian during Full Operating Status | ||
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'''SS ''Gopher State'' (T-ACS-4)''' is a [[crane ship]] in [[Ready Reserve|ready reserve]] for the [[United States Navy]]. The ship was named for the state of [[Minnesota]], which is also known as the ''Gopher State''. | '''SS ''Gopher State'' (T-ACS-4)''' is a [[crane ship]] in [[Ready Reserve|ready reserve]] for the [[United States Navy]]. The ship was named for the state of [[Minnesota]], which is also known as the ''Gopher State''. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Commons category}} | {{Commons category}} | ||
* [ | * [https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/tacs.htm Global Security.org - T-ACS ''Keystone State'' Auxiliary Crane Ships] | ||
* [ | * [https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/tacs-specs.htm Global Security.org - T-ACS ''Keystone State'' Auxiliary Crane Ships specifications] | ||
* {{navsource|09/76/7604}} | * {{navsource|09/76/7604}} | ||
* [http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/i101231.pdf National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110505180839/http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/i101231.pdf National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory] | ||
{{Gopher State class crane ship}} | {{Gopher State class crane ship}} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:35, 14 December 2025
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Gopher State is currently moored at Newport News, VA.
History
Gopher State was laid down on 26 July 1971, as the container ship Export Leader, ON 545126, IMO 7226689, a Maritime Administration type C5-S-73b hull under MARAD contract (MA 257). Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, hull no. 358, she was launched on 8 July 1972, and delivered to MARAD 22 January 1973, entering service for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines (renamed American Export Lines in the same year). She was sold to Farrell Lines in 1978 without name change. The ship was returned to MARAD in 1986 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). In 1987 she was converted to a type C5-S-MA73c crane ship by Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock, Norfolk, Virginia. Completed on 12 October 1987, she was placed in service as Gopher State (T-ACS-4) and assigned to the Ready Reserve Force (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC).[1][2]
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Gopher State is in ready reserve, laid up at Newport News, Virginia. As of December 2016, she is in Drydock No. 3 in Boston.
See also
References
Notes
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Online
- U.S. Navy, [1]
- U.S. Naval Register, [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
- United States Navy Fact File - Crane Ships
External links
- Global Security.org - T-ACS Keystone State Auxiliary Crane Ships
- Global Security.org - T-ACS Keystone State Auxiliary Crane Ships specifications
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- National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory
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