Golden Bear (ship)

Golden Bear (ship)
Current TS Golden Bear docked at the California Maritime Academy in 2007
The third T.S. Golden Bear docked alongside the then–California Maritime Academy on February 17, 2007
History
United States
NameMaury
Port of registryNaval Vessel Register
OrderedJune 28, 1985
BuilderBethlehem Steel
CostUS$65,000,000[1]
Laid downJuly 29, 1986
LaunchedSeptember 4, 1987
CommissionedMarch 31, 1989
Out of serviceSeptember 1994, laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
RenamedGolden Bear upon transfer to then–California Maritime Academy (CMA); previously named USNS Maury
FateTransferred to MARAD in 1994
United States
NameGolden Bear
NamesakeCalifornia golden bear
OwnerUnited States Maritime Administration
OperatorCalifornia State Univ. Maritime Academy
ReinstatedMay 4, 1996 as TS Golden Bear
HomeportVallejo, California
Identification
StatusActive
NotesThe former USNS Maury is the 3rd ship to bear the name Golden Bear, and the 4th training ship of the CSUMA
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General characteristics
Class and typeT-AGS
TypeTraining
Tonnage10,939 long tons (11,115 t)
Displacement
  • 9,319 long tons (9,469 t) light
  • 15,821 long tons (16,075 t) full
Length499 ft 10 in (152.35 m)
Beam72 ft (22 m)
Height151 ft (46 m)
Draft30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
PropulsionR5-V16 twin diesels,[2] 17,000 shp (12,677 kW), single five-blade propeller, 18 ft 7+12 in (5.68 m) diameter
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range17,820 miles (28,680,000 m)
Capacity288

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Golden Bear (#1)". Old Tacoma Marine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "History of the Training Ship Golden Bear". California State University Maritime Academy. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Training Ship State of Maine". Maine Maritime Academy. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2022.