US university training ship
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Maury
.
Golden Bear
(ship)
|
History
|
United States
|
Name
| Maury
|
Port of registry
| Naval Vessel Register
|
Ordered
| June 28, 1985
|
Builder
| Bethlehem Steel
|
Cost
| US$65,000,000
[1]
|
Laid down
| July 29, 1986
|
Launched
| September 4, 1987
|
Commissioned
| March 31, 1989
|
Out of service
| September 1994, laid up in the
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
|
Renamed
| Golden Bear
upon transfer to then?
California Maritime Academy
(CMA); previously named
USNS
Maury
|
Fate
| Transferred to
MARAD
in 1994
|
United States
|
Name
| Golden Bear
|
Namesake
| California golden bear
|
Owner
| United States Maritime Administration
|
Operator
| California State Univ. Maritime Academy
|
Reinstated
| May 4, 1996 as TS
Golden Bear
|
Homeport
| Vallejo, California
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Identification
| |
Status
| Active
|
Notes
| The former USNS
Maury
is the 3rd ship to bear the name
Golden Bear
, and the 4th training ship of the
CSUMA
|
Badge
| |
General characteristics
|
Class and type
| T-AGS
|
Type
| Training
|
Tonnage
| 10,939 long tons (11,115 t)
|
Displacement
|
- 9,319 long tons (9,469 t) light
- 15,821 long tons (16,075 t) full
|
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,
[2]
17,000 shp (12,677 kW), single five-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 State University Maritime Academy
(CSUMA), a campus of the
California State University
. The first training ship of the then?California Nautical School was known as the Training Ship
California State
, then as the T.S.
Golden State
.
[3]
Since then, there have been three ships to bear the name T.S.
Golden Bear
.
[2]
The current Training Ship
Golden Bear
was transferred to the
United States Maritime Administration
(MARAD) from the
US Navy
in 1994.
[3]
She was converted for use by the then?California Maritime Academy and transferred there in 1996.
[3]
Her sister ship, the
TS
State of Maine
(formerly USNS Tanner) currently resides as the training ship of
Maine Maritime Academy
.
[4]
TS
Golden State
[
edit
]
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 18, 1919.
[3]
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.
[3]
The Navy purchased the ship in 1930 and transferred it to the then-named California Nautical School.
[3]
Commissioned as the C.T.S.
California State
on January 23, 1931, the cadets who lived aboard quickly gave her the nickname "Iron Mother."
[3]
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.
First TS
Golden Bear
[
edit
]
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.
After serving the Navy in the Western Pacific during
World War II
, she was decommissioned on June 11, 1946, at
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
. Immediately after her decommissioning, she was transferred to the CMA and commissioned as the Training Ship
Golden Bear
on September 7, 1946.
After serving as the T.S.
Golden Bear
, and sailing on 24 major ocean cruises, the first
Golden Bear
was decommissioned on May 14, 1971, and then sold for scrap.
Second TS
Golden Bear
[
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]
Originally named the SS
Delorleans
, the ship was contracted on December 16, 1938, by Maritime Commission as a
Type C3 ship
hull #49. The keel was laid May 8, 1939, by the Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point Maryland, where she was launched on February 17, 1940, and delivered to Delta Lines on August 23, 1940.
This was the third of a series of six ships designed by the
Mississippi Shipping Company
, as a modification of the standard C3 design, to carry both passengers and cargo between
New Orleans
and
Buenos Aires
on the so-called "Coffee Run". Twenty six staterooms accommodated 67 passengers on the shelter deck.
The US Government requisitioned the SS
Delorleans
on June 3, 1941. The Navy assumed control on June 9, 1941, and stripped the ship to prepare her for war duty, and she was commissioned on October 10, 1941, as the USS
Crescent City
. After involvement in almost all the major campaigns in the
Western Pacific
during World War II, the USS
Crescent City
was redesignated as APA-21 in 1943. Before being decommissioned in
San Francisco
on April 30, 1948, she earned a
Navy Unit Commendation
and 10
battle stars
for her service in WWII.
The ship was transferred to CMA in May 1971, for conversion to a training ship. She was commissioned in June 1971 as the T.S.
Golden Bear
, then sailed on 28 major ocean cruises, over 24 years. The "Golden Bear II" was decommissioned in 1995 and placed in the reserve fleet.
In 1999, the City of
Oakland, California
purchased the ship and renamed it "Artship" as part of a failed art colony project. She was sold for scrap in 2004, but dismantling was halted because of high
PCB
levels and because she was considered too historic. Thereafter, she was privately owned and plans were put in place to convert her into a culinary school and maritime museum.
[5]
She had been laid up at
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
in
Vallejo, California
since 2004 pending these plans.
On November 7, 2011, she was publicly auctioned and sold to Esco Marine, Inc.
[6]
She was renamed Pacific Star and she departed Mare Island for scrapping at Brownsville, Texas on January 15, 2012.
[6]
Third TS
Golden Bear
[
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]
On July 29, 1986, the keel was laid for hull #4667, ordered under a MARAD contract for the
Navy
, at
Bethlehem Steel
in
Sparrows Point
,
Maryland
. After launching on September 4, 1987, she was delivered to the Navy on March 31, 1989, and entered service as the USNS
Maury
(T-AGS-39). At the time, the USNS
Maury
was the fastest and largest
oceanographic
ship in the United States fleet. She also featured a number of advanced oceanographic tools and technologies, including a "multi-beam, wide-angle precision
sonar
for continuous charting of a broad strip of ocean floor under the ship's track." In addition, the main engines, two Enterprise R5 V-16
diesel engines
, were mounted on "rafts", isolated from the hull by rubber cushions, similar in nature to the acoustic isolation aboard
nuclear submarines
.
The USNS
Maury
was placed "out of service" in September 1994, and laid up in the
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
in
California
. On October 1, 1994, she was stricken from the Navy rolls and transferred to MARAD under agreement that she would be transferred to CMA after retrofitting. After conversion of the living spaces aboard, she was transferred to California Maritime Academy on May 4, 1996 and rechristened as the TS
Golden Bear
. Since that time, the ship has almost continuously undergone substantial repairs, remodeling and improvements, including periodic drydock inspections and overhauls. In early 2009, additional staterooms were installed, along with a supplemental MSD (Marine Sewage Device), and both the ship's gym and library were renovated. Current construction projects include an enclosed simulation laboratory for navigation training atop the 04 deck and refurbishment of the cadet living quarters on the 01 and 02 decks.
Sister ship
[
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]
The sister ship of the USNS
Maury
, the
USNS
Tanner
, was transferred to the
Maine Maritime Academy
after a similar conversion, where it is now known as the
TS
State of Maine
.
[4]
Commanding officers
[
edit
]
The current Commanding Officer of the Training Ship is a commissioned as a
Captain
in the
United States Maritime Service
. Ten alumni have returned to serve in this position.
List of Commanding Officers of the Training Ship
Assumed command
|
Relieved
|
Name
|
Rank/Service
|
Notes
|
May 11, 1930
|
February 14, 1934
|
Emil Topp
|
LCDR
,
USN
(ret.)
|
|
February 15, 1934
|
June 30, 1937
|
Richard C. Dwyer
[a]
|
|
|
July 1, 1937
|
June 30, 1940
|
Neil E. Nichols
|
CAPT
, USN (ret.)
|
|
July 1, 1940
|
October 1, 1941
|
Claude B. Mayo
[b]
|
CAPT, USN (ret.)
|
|
October 1, 1941
|
February 1, 1942
|
Bennett M. Dodson
|
CAPT, USN (ret.)
|
XO
[c]
|
February 1, 1942
|
1943
|
Hugh Severin
|
LCDR,
USNR
|
XO
[c]
|
1944
|
May 6, 1945
|
Edwin C. Miller
|
LCDR, USNR
|
1LT
[c]
|
May 7, 1945
|
May 31, 1946
|
Lester Martin
|
CDR
, USNR
|
|
June 1, 1946
[d]
|
August 9, 1957
|
Ralph M. G. Swany
|
CAPT, USNR (ret.)
|
'33-D CMA Graduate
|
September 12, 1957
|
October 11, 1957
|
Raymond G. Russell
|
LCDR, USNR
|
'34-D CMA Graduate; never sailed as
CO
|
October 14, 1957
|
April 15, 1958
|
John W. Anderson
|
|
|
May 29, 1958
|
March 17, 1960
|
Edward A. Turpin
|
CDR, USNR
|
Died at sea
|
June 6, 1960
|
October 1, 1971
|
Carl G. Bowman
|
CAPT,
USCG
(ret.)
|
|
October 1, 1971
|
November 30, 1976
|
William H. Aguilar
|
|
‘34-D CMA Graduate
|
January 3, 1977
|
August 31, 1982
|
William D. Craig
|
CAPT, USN (ret.)
|
|
September 1, 1982
|
September 18, 1992
|
John M. Keever
|
CAPT,
USMS
|
‘70-D CMA Graduate
|
March 1993
|
July 1993
|
Justin D. Johnson
|
CAPT,
ARCO Marine
|
‘76-D CMA Graduate; for cruise only
|
October 15, 1993
|
October 17, 1993
|
Dick Crane
|
CAPT,
Matson, Inc.
|
'59-D CMA Graduate; for mini-cruise only
|
April 1994
|
July 1994
|
Bruce P. Butterfield
|
CAPT,
MSC
|
'70-D CMA Graduate; for cruise only
|
March 15, 1995
|
January 15, 1996
|
Peter G. Bonebakker
|
|
'68-D CMA Graduate
|
January 16, 1996
|
April 21, 2008
|
John M. Keever
|
CDRE
, USMS
|
'70-D CMA Graduate
|
April 21, 2008
|
August 22, 2018
|
Harry Bolton
|
COMMO, USMS
|
'78-D CMA Graduate
|
August 22, 2018
|
September 2022
|
Sam Pecota
|
|
|
September 2022
|
Present
|
Samaro Bannister-Schneider
[7]
|
MSC
|
'00-D CMA Graduate
[e]
[8]
|
- ^
R.C. Dwyer replaced by N.E. Nichols due to Navy requirements for regular Navy officers to be in charge of Navy owned vessels.
- ^
C.B. Mayo never got a Master’s License so command of Training Ship was delegated to the wartime Navy officers.
- ^
a
b
c
Early World War II ? Superintendent and Master became separate positions.
- ^
The title MASTER changed to COMMANDING OFFICER in July 1946.
- ^
Appointed to serve as interim captain of
Training Ship Golden Bear.
|
See also
[
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]
References
[
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]
- ^
"Keel-Laying Ceremony Held At Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Yard For First of Two Navy Survey Vessels"
(PDF)
.
Maritime Reporter
. October 1986. p. 9
. Retrieved
March 4,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
"Golden Bear (#1)"
.
Old Tacoma Marine
.
Archived
from the original on March 4, 2022
. Retrieved
March 4,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
"History of the Training Ship Golden Bear"
.
California State University Maritime Academy
.
Archived
from the original on November 26, 2020
. Retrieved
March 4,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
"Training Ship State of Maine"
.
Maine Maritime Academy
.
Archived
from the original on March 7, 2015
. Retrieved
March 4,
2022
.
- ^
"Artship From The Web"
.
Artship
.
Archived
from the original on March 4, 2022
. Retrieved
March 4,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
Cox, Martin (January 17, 2012).
"PACIFIC STAR, ex ARTSHIP, To The Breakers"
.
Maritime Matters
. Archived from
the original
on February 9, 2018.
- ^
https://www.csum.edu/campus-news/2022/tsgb-captain-bannister-22.html
Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^
https://www.csum.edu/campus-news/2022/tsgb-captain-bannister-22.html
Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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