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1 , P '1' Q 'W 1 Yi 7 1 EMPIRE STA TE II 1946 1956 On Dec. 9, 1944 the l-lydrus CAKA 285 was commissioned. She was designed and equip- ped as an auxiliary combat cargo assault ves- sei. l-lydrus had a turbo-electric twin screw drive, a cruising range of 10,000 miles and a top speed of 18 knots. She was 426 feet long and displaced 6000 to 8000 tons. Her war service included duty with the Pacific 5th Fleet at Guadalcanal, Okinawa and l-lawaii. She served as a troop carrier to China. After her war service she was returned to the east coast for decommissioning. On March 26, 1946 the l-lydrus was turned over by the Navy to the War Shipping Adminis- tration who in turn turned over the l-lydrus to the N.Y.S. Maritime Academy -where she was renamed T. S. Empire State. As the Empire State it made its first post war foreign training cruise in 1946 followed by summer cruises until 1956. ...-
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