SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
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SS Gem State (T-ACS-2) was laid down on 30 May 1965, as the breakbulk ship, SS President Monroe, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1aq) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 165) at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to American President Lines
, 25 April 1966. She was converted to a Crane Ship at De Foe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI., in 1984 and assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Military Sealift Command
(MSC) Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), placed in service as Gem State (ACS-2), 7 May 1984. Gem State is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and is berthed at Alameda, CA, assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and is maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5).
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift...
, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to American President Lines
American President Lines
American President Lines Ltd. is the world's seventh-largest container transportation and shipping company, providing services to more than 140 countries through a network combining intermodal freight transport operations with IT and e-commerce...
, 25 April 1966. She was converted to a Crane Ship at De Foe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI., in 1984 and assigned by the Maritime Administration to 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) Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), placed in service as Gem State (ACS-2), 7 May 1984. Gem State is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and is berthed at Alameda, CA, assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and is maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5).