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T-ACS-7 Diamond State

Keystone State Class Crane Ship):
  • Laid down, 22 November 1960, as the container ship, SS Japan Mail, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1aq) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 87) at Todd Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Launched, 8 August 1961
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 19 April 1962
  • Renamed SS President Truman, date unknown
  • Converted to a Crane Ship, (date and place unknown)
  • Assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as Diamond State (T-ACS-7), 22 February 1989
  • Diamond State (T-ACS-7) is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force
  • Diamond State was berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5)
  • Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 July 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,999 t.(lt) 31,500 t.(fl)
    Length 669'
    Beam 76'
    Draft 33'
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement 89 civilian mariners
    Cargo Capacity 300+ standard containers
    Cranes six 30 ton capacity cranes
    Armament none
    Propulsion 2 Combustion Engineering boilers, 2 GE geared steam turbines; 10,747shp, one propeller
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    Diamond State 76k Diamond State (T-ACS-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 Maritime Administration web site
    Diamond State 148k Diamond State (T-ACS-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 Maritime Administration web site
    Diamond State 44k Diamond State (T-ACS-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 Maritime Administration web site
    Diamond State 83k Diamond State (T-ACS-7) underway at San Francisco, CA., date unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 Maritime Administration web site
    Diamond State 67k Diamond State (T-ACS-7) in the Bay of Gibraltar,16 October 1995. Photo by Daniel Ferro
    There is no DANFS history available for Diamond State (T-ACS-7) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this ship
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Auxiliary Crane Ships - T-ACS
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