Golden Bear (ship)
The third T.S. Golden Bear docked alongside the then–California Maritime Academy on February 17, 2007 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Maury |
| Ordered | June 28, 1985 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel |
| Cost | US$65,000,000 |
| Laid down | July 29, 1986 |
| Launched | September 4, 1987 |
| Commissioned | March 31, 1989 |
| Out of service | September 1994, laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet |
| Renamed | Golden Bear |
| Fate | Transferred to MARAD in 1994 |
| United States | |
| Name | Golden Bear |
| Namesake | California golden bear |
| Owner | United States Maritime Administration |
| Operator | California State Univ. Maritime Academy |
| Reinstated | May 4, 1996 as TS Golden Bear |
| Homeport | Vallejo, California |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Training ship |
| Tonnage | 10,939 long tons (11,115 t) |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 499 ft 10 in (152.35 m) |
| Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Height | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion | R5-V16 twin diesels, 17,000 shp (12,677 kW), single five-blade propeller, 18 ft 7+1⁄2 in (5.68 m) diameter |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 17,820 miles (28,680 km) |
| Crew | 288 |
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 TS Golden State. Since then, there have been three ships to bear the name TS Golden Bear.
The current Golden Bear was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) from the US Navy in 1994. She was converted for use by the then–California Maritime Academy and transferred there in 1996. Her sister ship, the TS State of Maine (formerly USNS Tanner) currently resides as the training ship of Maine Maritime Academy.