SUNY Maritime College - Eight Bells Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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A d. Maritim tate Mari. name of the seawas Throughout Career, close at lS graduate ihelnselver th the Navy ine. Thus, it nable omis. few words have played in our lives ecessors. HQOLSHIP PORT .1932 A riff we-5' f . . 1 Z y . 1, X fx x 0 X. AL rf 1' V' EMPIRE STATE 1 Q . 1932-19412 X R I l THE 4'State, as she was fondly called by all hands l was launched in 1919 at Hog Island Pennsylvania , and was originally named the Shaume. After two years ' of service inthe Merchant Marine, .during which she was ll operated by the U. S. Shipping Board, the Shaume was f acquired by the Navy and renamed the U S S Procyon ff l W 1'-N k x... IN keeping with the Navyis pol- icy of training merchant marine cadets on the lat- est type vessels thereby making t h e i r potential services more val- uable in times of crisis, this ship, a m o d e r n , 6000 ton, turbo-electric vessel, formerly the U.S.S. Hy- drus, was trans- ferred to the Col- lege in 19416. We who have had .the good fortune of m a k i n g th ree cruises o n t h i s s h i p remember, w i t h justifiable pride, our won- derful adventures ashore and afloat. Hilti .lu three months cruise. 1 4 of the Academy. ' 1-,,..::f g - gm. ,.....f1f -QQ, X EMPIRE STATE II g QQ., 19412- , Nb Qi As the Procyon she served as the F lagship of the Tram ' of the United States Pacific Fleet until 1929 On July 15, 1931, the ship was at the Bremerton Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. Her log for that day reads, nAt 3:00 p.m.,'the U.S.S. Empire State after decommissioning as the U.S.S. Procyon, was recelved by Captain J. H. Tomb, U.S.N. fRet.J, for the State of New York. The National Colors and the flag of the State of New York were hoisted .... Having an overall length of 401 feet, a speed of 11.5 knots, equipped with o1l fired boilers, and a 2500 horsepower turbine, she provlded the Cadets with much needed modern equipment The Cadet Corps soon became familiar Wltll her 1ntr1 cacies and, after visiting several CO3StWlSC ports and a trip through the Panama Canal, brought her safely to berth in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While at the Yard she served as living quarters and as a floating schoolroom during the fall and winter months and after overhaul 1n the spring, put to sea for foreign ports on the annual flx 1937 saw her at Fort Schuyler continuing to serve as -,,,,,., , W . 11, she did in the Yard until 1938, when the Cadet Corps X moved from'ship to shore for the first time in the history

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