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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | Ship flag={{USN flag}} | Ship name=SS Gem State (T-ACS-2) | Ship builder=National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA | Ship laid down=10 February 1965 | Ship launched=30 May 1965 | Ship acquired=7 May 1984 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship homeport=Alameda, CA | 6520911}}- {{MMSI Number|366451000}}
- Callsign: WLDK
| Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honors= | Ship fate= | Ship status=In ready reserve since 1984. Five days needed to activate. | Ship notes=Launched as SS President Monroe
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Keystone State|crane ship}} | Ship displacement=31,500 tons | 668|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} | 76|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} | 33|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=two boilers, two steam turbines, single propeller, 17,500shp | 17|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity=300+ Cargo Containers | Ship complement=Full Operational Status: 37 civilian mariners Reduced Operational Status: 10 civilian mariners | Ship armament=None | Ship aircraft facilities=None | Ship notes=
}} | SS Gem State (T-ACS-2) is a crane ship in Ready Reserve for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the state of Idaho, which is also known as the Gem State. History Gem State was laid down on 30 May 1965, as the a combination breakbulk-container ship, SS President Monroe, ON 501712, IMO 6520911, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1qa) hull, under MARAD contract (MA 165). Built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA, hull no. 340, she was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to MARAD on 25 April 1966, for service with American President Lines. She was converted to a MARAD type (C6-S-1qc) container ship, in 1973, and continued to be operated by APL until delivered to the Maritime Administration in 1982 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). In 1984–1985 she was converted to a type (C6-S-MA1qd) Crane Ship by Continental Marine, San Francisco, CA. She was placed in service as SS Gem State (ACS-2) 7 May 1984, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force, (RRF).[1] Gem State is one of 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and is berthed at Alameda, CA, assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and is maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5). References Notes 1. ^Polmar 2005 p. 308
Bibliography - {{cite book| last= Polmar |first= Norman |title= The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet |publisher= Naval Institute Press |year= 2005 |isbn= 1591146852}}
Online - SS Gem State (T-ACS-3)
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External links - Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory
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