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USTS Empire State VI (T-AP-1001), callsign KKFW, IMO number 5264510, was a troop ship of the United States Navy and training vessel of the United States Maritime Service.
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In service 2015 as USTS Empire State: SS Old North State: 1921-1922 See SS President Van Buren: SS Orizaba: 1939 Chartered for one voyage from Ward Line [28] SS Panhandle State: SS Peninsular State: SS Pennsylvania: 1929-1964 Refitted and renamed to SS Argentina in 1938 SS Pioneer Commander: 1967-1981
USTS Bay State II (1957–1973) former USS Doyen; USTS Bay State III (1974–1978) former Empire State IV, former USS Henry Gibbins; USTS Empire State V (1979) former USNS Barrett, borrowed from SUNY Maritime; USTS Bay State IV (1980–1981) former Barrett class USNS Geiger, destroyed by fire, December 1981
The college named her TS Empire State IV and she retained that name until being transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1973. At that time she was renamed USTS Bay State . During the winter of 1976–77, one of the coldest in fifty years, the Bay State suffered serious ice damage to her hull at her berth in Buzzards Bay at the ...
Empire State VII, callsign WDO2002, IMO number 9910313, is a training ship owned by the United States Maritime Administration and operated by SUNY Maritime College. She is the first vessel in the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel ( NSMV ) class and has replaced the 1961-built Empire State VI .
The Empire State Building was bathed in a rainbow of colors earlier this month. The tower lights were tie-dye hued on Aug. 1 in honor of the late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia’s birthday.
She was converted to a training ship in 1973 serving as the training ship for the State University of New York Maritime College until 1990 when she was replaced by USTS Empire State VI. After serving New York Maritime she was placed in the Maritime Service's National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River until 2007 when she was sold for scrap.