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Empire State V, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virginia
Summary
Significance: Originally built for American President Lines for commercial purposes, the Military Sea Transportation Services instead converted the Empire State V to a troopship. One of three in its class, it was notable for the installation of air conditioning. The Empire State V served for twenty-one years as a troop transport in the Korean and Vietnam wars prior to being decommissioned in 1973. The New York State Maritime College later used it as a training ship for cadets until 1990.
Survey number: HAER VA-131
Building/structure dates: 1949-1952 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2007 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Sharp, George G
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Military Sea Transportation Service
Military Sealift Command
U.S. Navy
U.S. Maritime Administration
New York State Maritime College
Bay Bridge Enterprises
George G Sharp Company
American President Lines
Dollar Line
Barrett, Charles Dodson
Marine Corps
U.S. Maritime Administration, sponsor
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Koehler, Erhard, sponsor
Location
Newport News (Va.), 37.08708, -76.47301
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
