Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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TRAINING SHIPS On June 11, 1891, the Massachusetts Nautical Training School was established. By October 17, 1892 the school received her first training ship; the U.S.S. Enterprise a barked-rigged screw sloop-of-war launched in June of 1874. She was 185 feet in length, with a beam of 35 feet. She drew 14 ' 3 loaded. Her plant was steam propulsion provided by a compound triple expansion engine delivering 1200 shp, and was registered at 1 ,375 tons. The Enterprise served our school until 1909. April 26, 1909 the Steamship RANGER (Baystate I) was brought to the school. She was an iron-hulled, steam powered vessel with a full-rig auxiliary sail and was launched in 1876. Her length was 177 ' with a beam of 32 ' and drew 14 ' displacing 1261 tons. Her plant had four 80psi scotch type boilers, delivering steam to a horizontal, back acting compound engine with 560 indicated horse power. Her her name was changed to the ROCKPORT, 30 October 1917, then to the NANTUCKET in February 1918. It was the NANTUCKET which saw service as a gun boat in the First Naval District during WW I. On July 21, 1942 her name was changed to the EMERY RICE in honor of a graduate of the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, the first American to sink a German submarine in WW I. The NANTUCKET leaves us a small legacy in thatthe power plant on campus bears the name of her chief engineer CDR. Ervin L. Kelly. During WW II and some post war years, the school shared the training ships AMERICAN PILOT, AMERICAN MARINER, AMERICAN SAILOR, AND YANKEE STATES with New York and Maine Maritime Academys. In 1948 a joint cruise with Maine Maritime Academy saw the service of the AMERICAN SAILOR, THE AMERICAN MARINER, and our new training ship the CHARLESTON. The U.S.S.E.S.C 1321 (SUGAR CHARLIE) in July of 1946 was put on weekend training by the Navy Department, training one company of midshipmen per weekend. She was launched 6 February 1943 with a length of 110 ' , a beam of 17 ' and a draft of 6 ' 6 . Her twin screws could propell her at 21 knots using two pancake diesels which put out over 1500 HP. The CHARLESTON came to MMA on 25 March 1948. Launched 5 February 1936; she was 328 ' long, with a beam of 41 ' , and a draft of 13 ' . She had oil fired boilers driving twin geared turbines with a speed of 20 knots. She was affectionately known as the CHUM and made cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Carribean, and Mediteranian waters. In typical Navy style she boasted 275 officers crew and cadets. Eventually, with growing age and enrollment, the CHARLESTON was retired from service to the Academy. Replacing the CHARLESTON was a ship with an extensive war record. The U.S.S. DOYON carried troops down to the Aleutians for the invasion of Kiksa. She later carried men from the 2nd Marines to the Gilbert Islands then stopped at Taiwan to bring wounded G.l.s safely to Pearl Harbor. She served the country through the war years with distinction, receiveing 6 battle stars. Launched on 9 July 1942, the U.S.S. DOYON had an overall length of 41 5 ' and a beam of 60 ' which displaced 600 tons. With all burners going, her twin 8500 HP engines could propell her at 18 knots. In 1957 she was removed from the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, when she was renamed the BAYSTATE II and came to the Academy for a stay of 1 5 years. From September 1 973 to March 1 980, the HENRY GIBBON (BAYSTATE III) served as the Academy training ship. She also earned 6 battle stars in WW II. -4 The U.S.N.S. GEIGER, launched 9 October 1950, saw service during Korea and subsequesnt peace keeping missions world wide. She reported to Quin Nhon South Vietnam September 19, 1965 to keep up the Navy ' s transportation capabilities. In 1966 she came back to the Atlantic but was again called to serve in 1967 to take troops between San Franscisco and Vietnam. She also evacuated troops and dependents in the last weeks before the fall of Saigon. She had a length of 533 ' a beam of 73 ' . Fully loaded she drew 27 ' with a gross tonnage of 13319 tons. She had a gross horse power of 1 2750 shp. Renamed the BAYSTATE IV, she came to MMA 8 July 1980. In September 1986, the SANTA MERCEDES owned and operated by the Delta Lines on the West Coast was purchased by Mass Maritime and renovated prior to her voyage to Buzzards Bay, her new home berth. The ship had served the Delta Lines extensively as a passenger cargo 26

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Of THE PAST vessel during the ' 60s and 70s. She was laid up in San Franscisco when the Maritime Administration was seeking a training ship for Mass Maritime Academy. Due to the extensive efforts of the Academy ' s administration, national and local Congressmen, and a concerned constituency, the Academy was able to obtain sufficient funding for the purchase and renovation of the MA SANTA MERCEDES. On October 5, 1986 the ship was christened the T S PATRIOT STATE in formal ceremonies at the Academy.