TS State of Maine
{{Short description|Training ship of the Maine Maritime Academy}}
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}} |+TS State of Maine {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Image:STATE OF MAINE.jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Tanner | Ship namesake = Capt Z.L. Tanner, USN, 1833 – 1906 | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|government}} | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = 28 June 1985 | Ship builder = Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 22 October 1986 | Ship launched = 28 February 1989 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = 31 August 1990 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 1993 | Ship struck = 1 October 1993 | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Delivered to MARAD 11 January 1995 | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Maine}} | Ship name = State of Maine | Ship namesake = Maine | Ship owner = United States Maritime Administration | Ship operator = Maine Maritime Academy | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = 6 June 1997 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8835217}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40) | Ship class = | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = *9,319 tons (light)
| Ship length = {{convert|499|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|72|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 1 × MAK 6M601 Turbo Diesel engine | Ship propulsion = single shaft, {{convert|17000|hp|abbr=on}}hp | Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity = | Ship compliment = 298 (crew and students) | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = TS State of Maine | Ship class = | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|12542}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|16258.9|LT|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|499|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|28|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = MAK 601 C Diesel {{convert|8046|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = Single LIPS controllable reversible pitch propeller | Ship speed = {{convert|16|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity = | Ship compliment = 288 (crew and scientists) | Ship notes = }} |
TS State of Maine is the training ship of Maine Maritime Academy. Originally commissioned by the United States Navy as USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40), the ship assumed her present name and role in June 1997.
History
=Previous ships=
Several ships have borne the name State of Maine since the Maine Maritime Academy was founded in 1941. Previous vessels included the former {{USS|Comfort|AH-6}},{{cite web|title=USS Comfort (AH-6)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/12/1206.htm|publisher=NavSource Online|access-date=25 September 2013}} which served in the role from 1953 to 1963; {{USS|Ancon|AGC-4}}; and {{USNS|Upshur|T-AP-198}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/State_of_Maine_NHPA_History.pdf |title=National Register Eligibility Assessment Vessel: TS State of Maine, ex-USNS Upshur (T-AP-198) |website=MARAD |date=29 September 2009}}
=Current TS ''State of Maine''=
USNS Tanner (T-AGS-40), was built for the United States Navy as a fast oceanographic research vessel by Bethlehem Steel Corporation at its Sparrows Point Yard in Maryland in 1990. The vessel was the second oceanographic research ship to bear the name of Zera Luther Tanner, a noted oceanographer and inventor of a patented sounding machine. The vessel experienced catastrophic engine failure in 1993 and was laid up by the Navy and eventually transferred ownership to the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
The ship lay idle in the James River Reserve Fleet until 1996 when she began a conversion process, which removed her underwater sonar domes and equipment. The two original engines were removed and a new power plant was installed. The newer engine is significantly less powerful than the old engines. The sister ship, Maury (T-AGS-39), now the third vessel of the name TS Golden Bear, retained the original and more powerful enterprise engines.
{{stack|File:TS_State_of_Maine_shipbuilder's_plate_(as_USNS_Tanner)_1990.jpg as USNS Tanner 1990]]}}
The vessel was modified to increase the accommodations from 108 to 302 persons. New lifesaving equipment and upgrades to existing equipment were accomplished as well as enhancements to the habitability requirements of the vessel. She was delivered to Maine Maritime Academy on 6 June 1997 and sailed her maiden training cruise the following week.
State of Maine was called into active duty by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) following Hurricane Katrina and provided living quarters for oil rig workers, who were working to repair damaged rigs, and for Federal Law Enforcement Officers assisting in New Orleans.
Vessel information
File:TS State of Maine in port at Castine, ME 2009.jpg
The ship is normally docked at her pier in Castine when not on a training cruise or in drydock. State of Maine is classed with the American Bureau of Shipping, and all inspections of her hull and equipment are undertaken by this classification society. The ship entered drydock for scheduled maintenance and inspections following the summer cruise of 2007. She also entered drydock following the Summer Cruise of 2012, keeping within the inspection schedule required by US Coast Guard Regulations. Most recently, she entered drydock at the conclusion of her 2017 summer cruise. She was observed in the dry dock at South Boston MA undergoing repairs during the first week of July 2022 before she returned to service in November of 2022.
She made her final voyage in summer 2024.[https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/maine-maritime-academy-training-ship-vessel-state-of-maine-castine/97-5ee2bedf-7b57-4afc-85e5-05330fe006ef State of Maine training ship makes one more sail home] News Center Maine, 24 July 2024
Replacement ship
As a National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, the State of Maine will be replaced by the State of Maine V which has completed initial construction and is scheduled to be delivered to begin service at the Academy in 2025. [https://mainemaritime.edu/about-mma/nsmv National Security Multi-Mission Vessel and Waterfront Improvement Updates] Maine Maritime Academy 2023
Sister ship
State of Maine{{'}}s sister ship is TS Golden Bear, the training ship of the California Maritime Academy. Golden Bear was formerly USNS Maury.
Citations
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{cite web |url=http://tssom.mma.edu |title=State of Maine History |website=Maine Maritime Academy |access-date=2013-07-22}}
- {{navsource|09/10/1040|USS Tanner}}
- {{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AGS40}}}}
External links
- [http://www.marad.dot.gov/ U.S. Maritime Administration]
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