Empire State V
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USTS Empire State while serving as USS Barrett
USTS Empire State while serving as USS Barrett
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Name: | Empire State V (ex Barrett) |
Owner: | Maritime Administration |
Awarded: | 18 August 1948 |
Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down: | 1 June 1949 |
Launched: | 27 June 1950 |
Completed: | 21 May 1952 |
Out of service: | 1990 |
Struck: | 07/01/1973 |
Fate: | Sold for scrap (June 2007) |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Training Ship troop transport |
Length: | 534 ft (163 m) |
Beam: | 73 ft (22 m) |
Draft: | 27.1 ft (8.3 m) |
Installed power: | 2 B&W WT Boilers, geared turbine |
Propulsion: | Single Screw |
Speed: | 19 knots |
Complement: | 398 officers and civilians, 1506 enlisted (as built) |
Armament: | none |
USTS Empire State V, was a troop ship of the US Navy and training vessel of the United States Maritime Service. She was laid down as the SS President Jackson and later served as USS Barrett (T-AP-196). She was converted to a troop transport and training ship in 1973 serving as the training ship for the State University of New York Maritime College until 1990 when she was replaced by the college's current training ship the USTS Empire State VI. After serving New York Maritime she was placed in the Maritime service's James River "Ghost Fleet," until 2007 when she was sold for scrap.
References
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/ft-schuyler.htm
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/tap-1001.htm
- http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AP196.htm
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-131, "Empire State V, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, VA", 38 photos, 13 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Type P2 ships
- Ships built in Camden, New Jersey
- 1950 ships
- Type P2 ships of the United States Navy
- Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States
- Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States
- Training ships of the New York State Merchant Marine Academy
- Ships of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
- Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia