SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7)
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SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7) was laid down on 22 November 1960, as the container ship, SS Japan Mail, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1aq) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 87) at Todd Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA. She was launched on August 1961 and delivered to the Maritime Administration, 19 April 1962. She was renamed SS President Truman, date unknown and converted to a Crane Ship, date and place unknown. She was assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), under operation control of Military Sealift Command
(MSC) and placed in service as SS Diamond State (ACS-7), 22 February 1989. Diamond State is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and was berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5). She was removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet (Beaumont, TX) on 28 July 2006
Military Sealift Command
The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...
(MSC) and placed in service as SS Diamond State (ACS-7), 22 February 1989. Diamond State is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and was berthed at Houston, TX. and assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and was maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5). She was removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet (Beaumont, TX) on 28 July 2006