SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6) is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. She is stationed in Newport News, Virginia under operation control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The ship was named for the state of Nebraska, which is also known as the Cornhusker State.

SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
History
United States
NameSS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-7)
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Laid down27 November 1967
Launched2 November 1968
Acquired20 June 1969
In service7 May 1984
HomeportNewport News, VA
Identification
StatusReady Reserve Force
NotesLaunched as the SS C.V. Stag Hound
General characteristics
Class and typeGopher State-class crane ship
Displacement31,500 tons
Length668 ft 5 in (203.73 m)
Beam76 ft 1 in (23.19 m)
Draft33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Propulsiontwo Combustion Engineering boilers two General Electric geared turbines single propeller, 10,747shp
Speed17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Capacity300+ Cargo Containers
ComplementFull Operational Status: 89 civilian mariners Reduced Operational Status: 10 civilian mariners
ArmamentNone
Aviation facilitiesNone

History

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Cornhusker State was laid down on 27 November 1967, as the container ship CV Stag Hound, ON 520743, IMO 6916433, a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-73b) hull under MARAD contract (MA 207). Built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, hull no. 356, she was launched on 2 November 1968, and delivered to MARAD 20 June 1969, entering service for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines. She was sold to Farrell Lines in 1978 without name change. The ship was returned to MARAD in 1986 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). In 1987–1988 she was converted to a type (C5-S-MA73c) Crane Ship by Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock, Norfolk, Virginia. Completed on 12 April 1988, she was placed in service as SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6) and assigned to the Ready Reserve Force (RRF), under operation control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC).[1][2]

Cornhusker State has been in ready reserve at Newport News, Virginia since 1993.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Polmar 2005 p. 308
  2. ^ Silverstone 2011 p. 237

Bibliography

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  • Polmar, Norman (2005). The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Flee. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591146852.
  • Silverstone, Paul (2011). The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135864668.

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