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USTS Empire State VI (T-AP-1001)

International Radio Call Sign:
Kilo - Kilo - Foxtrot - Whiskey KKFW

Empire State VI Class Transport:

Laid down, 1 March 1961, as SS Oregon a Maritime Commission type (C5-S-MA1us) S-1u) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MA hull 95) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Newport News, VA.

Launched, 16 September 1961

Delivered to States Steamship Co., 19 April 1962

Sold to Moore-McCormack Lines in the 1970s, renamed SS Mormactide

Returned to the Maritime Administration in 1982 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet in November 1988 for conversion to a Training Ship

Renamed TS Empire State VI and converted at Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Delivered to the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, New York, 31 December 1989

Final Disposition, USTS Empire State (T-AP-1001) departed SUNY Maritime College in November 2022 for Brownsville, TX. to be dismantled. Vessel towed from layup berth to breaker's yard in February 2023, dismantling to be completed sometime by late spring/summer.

Specifications:
Displacement 11,615 t.(lt) 17,240 t.(fl)
Length 565'
Beam 76'
Draft 32' (max)
Speed 22 kts.
Complement unknown
Berths 791
Armament none

Propulsion

steam turbine

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
0922100112	480k	Miss Diana Kerr, the ship's sponsor, Christening SS Oregon during the launching ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, Newport News, VA., 16 September 1961. Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock photo	Dale Hargrave
0922100113	351k		Dale Hargrave
0922100114	243k	States Steamship Co. freighter SS Oregon underway approaching a port on the northwest coast of United States or Canada. B. Rohbrech ©B. Rohbrecht	Gerhard Muller Debus
State University of New York Maritime College
	76k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** underway off the New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, New York, date unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	44k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** under way, date and location unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	34k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** under way, date and location unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	45k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** passing under the Hell's Gate Bridge at New York City, date unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	62k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** underway, date and location unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	35k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** underway off New York City, date unknown. MARAD photo.	US Maritime Administration
0922100120	92k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** docked at the Port of Dublin, Ireland, 26 June 1998. Photo Courtesy Chris Allen Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
0922100116	44k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** moored pierside at Tilbury Cruise Terminal, England, U.K., 16 June 2000. ©Chris Allen Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
	32k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** underway off New York City, date unknown.	Maritime College, State University of New York
0922100115	246k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** moored pierside at Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. ©Rossographer Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
	1463k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** anchored off Palma, Mallorca Island, Spain, 17 July 2010.	Photo by Jose A. Rodriguez
	356k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** moored pierside at Genoa, Italy, 6 June 2003.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
	1117k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** moored pierside at SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck, Bronx, New York City, NY, 21 May 2005.	Photo by Glenn Fitzpatrick
0922100119	184k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** tied up at Belfast, Northern Ireland, 25 June 2009. Photo courtesy of Rossographer, Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
0922100118	98k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** tied up at Liverpool Cruise Terminal, 21 July 2012. Photo courtesy of John Bradley, Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
0922100117	140k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** returns to New York from her 90 day European voyage, 11 August 2014. Photo courtesy of Krzysztof Sukiennicki, Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
	337k	*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** underway in the East River, New York City, 11 May 2015. The vessel has passed Roosevelt Island and is heading to sea for the start of her 2015 training voyage. Photo taken by Blue Riband (real name unknown)	Robert Hurst
0922100121	156k	Ex-*USTS Empire State VI* (T-AP-1001)** at Brownsville, Tx., with scrapping well underway, June 2023	Mike Kmetz