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T-ACS-4 Gopher State

Keystone State Class Crane Ship):
  • Laid down, 26 July 1971, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME. as Export Leader, a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-73b) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 257)
  • Launched, 8 July 1972
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 22 January 1973
  • Assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as Gopher State (T-ACS-4) (date unknown)
  • Gopher State is berthed at Guam and is assigned to the Maritime Propositioning Squadron Three (Army Propositioning Afloat Program) and is maintained in a 10-day readiness status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,900 t.(lt) 31,500 t.(fl)
    Length 668'
    Beam 76' 1"
    Draft 33' 5"
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement Full Operational Status 89 civilian mariners, Reserve Operational Status 5 civilian mariners
    Cargo Capacity 300+ standard containers
    Cranes six 30 ton capacity cranes
    Armament none
    Propulsion 2 boilers, 2 steam turbines; 17,500shp, one propeller
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    Gopher State 71k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC web site
    Gopher State 43k Tugs push Gopher State (T-ACS-4) into place along side the pier at Johnson Island, 1 November 1990.DOD photo # DFST9202443, by SSGT James M. Bowman Defense Visual Information Center
    Gopher State 54k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) moored pierside at Johnson Island, 1 November 1990, as chemical munitions are unloaded during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal.
    DOD photo # DFST9202472, by SSGT Val Gempis.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Gopher State 42k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) moored pierside at Johnson Island, 1 November 1990, as chemical munitions are unloaded.
    DOD photo # DFST9202471, by SSGT Val Gempis.    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Gopher State 48k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) moored pierside at Johnson Island, 1 November 1990. Note, the Coast Guardsmen in a rigid-hull inflatable boat passing through the harbor.
    DOD photo # DFST9202442, by SSGT James M. Bowman    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Gopher State 48k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) moored pierside at Johnson Island, 1 November 1990. Note, lie handlers on the pier ready to cast off the ships mooring lines.
    DOD photo # DFST9202442, by SSGT James M. Bowman    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Gopher State 48k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) getting underway at Johnson Island after off-loading chemical munitions, November 1990.
    DOD photo.    		 Peter Westdijk
    Gopher State 82k Gopher State (T-ACS-4), operated by the Military Sealift Command, off loaded equipment from the lighterage onto the pier at Chuk Samet, Sattahip, Thailand, 4 May 2002.. Equipment transported from the lighterage was off loaded from 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011) and PFC. Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) of Maritime Prepositioning Squadron Ships Three in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2002. Cobra Gold 2002 is the 21st U.S. Pacific Command exercise conducted in Thailand demonstrating the ability of U.S. forces to deploy rapidly and conduct joint-combined operations with the Thai and Singapore armed forces.US Navy photo # 020504-N-9818S-001 by PH2 Jennifer A. Smith. Chief of Naval Information
    Gopher State 89k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) uploading Side Loading Warping Tugs (SLWT), lighterage and other equipment, date and place unknown. Federation of American Scientists
    Gopher State 56k Gopher State (T-ACS-4) underway, date and place unknown. Federation of American Scientists
    There is no DANFS history available for Gopher State (T-ACS-4) at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Auxiliary Crane Ships - T-ACS
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