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SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS 3)

- formerly PRESIDENT POLK -
- Ready Reserve Force -


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Built and commissioned as cargo ship PRESIDENT POLK for American Presidents Line, the ship was converted to a crane ship in the mid-1980s and was placed in service as GRAND CANYON STATE on December 12, 1986. Today, the ship is berthed at Alameda, Calif., capable of being fully activated within 4 days.

General Characteristics:Awarded: June 27, 1963
Keel laid: March 20, 1964
Launched: January 23, 1965
Delivered: November 4, 1965
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two turbines
Propellers: one
Length: 669.3 feet (204 meters)
Beam: 76.1 feet (23.2 meters)
Draft: 33.5 feet (10.2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 31,500 tons fully loaded
Speed: 17+ knots
Aircraft: none
Armament: none
Cranes: six 30-ton capacity cranes
Capacity: up to 300 standard containers
Crew: 10 (in reduced operation status), 37 (when activated)
Homeport: Alameda, Calif.


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard SS GRAND CANYON STATE. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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