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T-ACS-8 Equality State

Keystone State Class Crane Ship):
  • Built 1961 as SS Washington Mail, a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-1s) hull by Todd Shipyard, San Pedro, California
  • Launched, 11 May 1961
  • Delivered to American Mail Lines, 2 January 1962
  • Lengthened and converted to a container ship in 1971 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Renamed SS President Roosevelt, 26 November 1975
  • Sold to Delta Lines, 7 September 1983, renamed SS Santa Rosa
  • Sold to U.S. Lines in 1985, renamed American Builder
  • Laid up in Hampton Roads, VA., 6 April 1987
  • Converted to a crane ship Maritime Administration type (C6-S1aq) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 86) in 1989 by Tampa Shipyards, Tampa, Florida and renamed Equity State (T ACS 8)
  • Assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as Equality State (T-ACS-8), (date unknown)
  • Equality State was berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a four-day readiness status
  • Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 July 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    Washington Mail - 22,595 t.(LT)
    Equality State - 31,498 t.(LT)
    Length
    Washington Mail - 563' ¾"
    Equality State - 667'11"
    Beam 76'
    Draft
    Washington Mail - 31' 7"
    Equality State - 33" 3&fac58"
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    Equality State - fully oppositional status 89 civilian mariners, reserve operational status 10 civilian mariners
    Cargo Capacity
    Washington Mail- breakbulk
    Equality State - 1108 TEU,
    Cranes
    Washington Mail - none
    Equality State - six 30 ton capacity cranes
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    Washington Mail - Single screw, geared turbine powered, 19,250 HP. Two CE WT boilers, 640 PSI WP
    Equality State - Single screw, 2 GE geared turbine powered, 22,000 HP., Two Combustion Engineering WT boilers
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    Equality State 72k Equality State (T-ACS-8) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC web site
    There is no DANFS history available for Equality State (T-ACS-8) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this ship
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    US Navy Fact File - Auxiliary Crane Ships - T-ACS
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    Last Updated 18 August 2006