Golden Bear (ship)
The third T.S. Golden Bear docked alongside the California Maritime Academy, February 17, 2007
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| Name: | Golden Bear |
| Owner: | MARAD |
| Operator: | California Maritime Academy |
| Ordered: | 28 June 1985 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel |
| Laid down: | 29 July 1986 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1989 |
| Out of service: | September 1994 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California |
| Renamed: | Renamed Golden Bear upon transfer to California Maritime Academy (CMA). Previously named USNS Maury |
| Reinstated: | 4 May 1996 as TS Golden Bear |
| Homeport: | Vallejo, California |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8834407 |
| Fate: | Transferred to MARAD in 1994, CMA in 1996. |
| Notes: | The former USNS Maury is the 3rd ship to bear the name Golden Bear, and the 4th training ship of the CMA. |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | T-AGS |
| Type: | Training |
| Tonnage: | 10,939 long tons (11,115 t) |
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| Length: | 499 ft 10 in (152.35 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Height: | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion: | R5-V16 Twin diesels, 17,000 shp (12,677 kW), single 5-blade propeller, 18 ft 7 1⁄2 in (5.68 m) diameter |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 17,820 mi (28,680,000 m) |
| Capacity: | 288 |
The TS Golden Bear is the training ship of the California Maritime Academy (CMA), a campus of the California State University. The first training ship of the California Maritime Academy was known as the Training Ship California State, then as the T.S. Golden State. Since then, there have been three ships to bear the name T.S. Golden Bear.
The current Training Ship Golden Bear was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) from the US Navy in 1994. She was converted for use by the CMA and transferred there in 1996.
The first training ship of the California Maritime Academy was the T.S. Golden State. Originally planned to be named the SS Lake Fellowship, after construction, the ship was launched on October 19, 1919. After completion, she was commissioned in November 1920 as the SS Henry County. In the mid-1920s, the SS Henry County was placed out of service in the James River Reserve Fleet.
The Navy purchased the ship in 1930 and transferred it to the then-named California Nautical School. Commissioned as the C.T.S. California State on January 23, 1931, the cadets who lived aboard quickly gave her the nickname "Iron Mother." In December 1941, the ship was renamed the T.S. Golden State. She sailed on 12 major ocean cruises, including one around the world in 1933. She was also in service when the California Nautical School became the California Maritime Academy.
After being decommissioned on August 12, 1946, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay, California. In 1948, she was sold into private trade, and was operated under various names including Isle of Patmos and Santa Rosa until she was scrapped in Brazil in August 1962.
On September 25, 1944, the keel was laid for the USS Mellena, the twelfth of the Artemis-class attack cargo ship, at the Walsh-Kaiser Company Shipyard in Providence, Rhode Island. She was hull #1893. After construction, she was launched on December 11, 1944, and commissioned as the USS Mellena (AKA-32) on January 10, 1945.
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