SS Beaver State (T-ACS-10)
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SS Beaver State (T-ACS-10) was laid down on 13 April 1964, as the breakbulk ship, SS Mormacdraco, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-60a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 144) at Ingalls Shipbuilding
Inc., Pascagoula, MS. She was launched on 14 January 1965 and delivered to the Moore-McCormack Lines, 28 May 1965. She was converted to a MARAD type hull (C6-S-MA60b) crane chip at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA and renamed SS American Draco, 13 September 1983. She was transferred to the United States Lines
, 1 November 1983 and reacquired by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 2 April, 1987. She was then assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command
(MSC) and placed in service as SS Beaver State (ACS-10), 4 May 1997. Beaver State was berthed at Bremerton, WA. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status. She was removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet
, 28 July 2006. Converted for the Missile Defense Agency at Cascade General Shipyards, Portland, OR. to an X-Band Transportable Radar Ship, designated (XTR-1) and renamed SS Pacific Tracker, 1 April 2009.
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...
Inc., Pascagoula, MS. She was launched on 14 January 1965 and delivered to the Moore-McCormack Lines, 28 May 1965. She was converted to a MARAD type hull (C6-S-MA60b) crane chip at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA and renamed SS American Draco, 13 September 1983. She was transferred to the United States Lines
United States Lines
United States Lines was a transatlantic shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989, and ocean liners until 1969—most famously the SS United States.-1920s:...
, 1 November 1983 and reacquired by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 2 April, 1987. She was then assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command
The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...
(MSC) and placed in service as SS Beaver State (ACS-10), 4 May 1997. Beaver State was berthed at Bremerton, WA. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status. She was removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet
National Defense Reserve Fleet
The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is...
, 28 July 2006. Converted for the Missile Defense Agency at Cascade General Shipyards, Portland, OR. to an X-Band Transportable Radar Ship, designated (XTR-1) and renamed SS Pacific Tracker, 1 April 2009.