History | |
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United States | |
Name | TS Empire State VII |
Owner | U.S. Maritime Administration |
Operator | SUNY Maritime College |
Ordered | April 2020 |
Builder | Philly Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Cost | US$315M |
Yard number | 33[1] |
Laid down | 10 December 2021[3] |
Launched | 24 September 2022[2] |
Completed | End of June 2023 |
Acquired | September 18 2023 |
Homeport | Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York City, New York |
Identification | IMO number: 9910313[1] |
Status | completed |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | NSMV, Training Ship/Troopship |
Length | 160.05 m (525.1 ft) |
Beam | 27 m (89 ft) |
Height | 38.4 m (126 ft) |
Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Depth | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
Decks | 10 Decks (6 above main deck, 3 below main deck) |
Ramps | RoRo |
Installed power | 16,800 kW (Electrical), 9,000 KW (Propulsion) |
Propulsion | 4 x Wabtec 16V250 Gensets,[4] single screw |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 700 (600 cadets, 100 officers, staff crew (training); 1000 (disaster relief) |
Aviation facilities | helipad |
Empire State VII is a training ship owned by the United States Maritime Administration and operated by SUNY Maritime College. It is the first vessel in the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) class and has replaced the 1961-built Empire State VI. The new training ship is the seventh vessel to carry the name Empire State for the SUNY Maritime College[5] but its first purpose-built new build. The previous training ships had been converted cargo or military vessels.[6] (While SUNY refers to the ship as Empire State VII, and US Coast Guard regulations allow use of Roman numerals in a ship name,[7] the vessel displays its name as "Empire State" without a numeral.)
The preliminary and basic NSMV design was developed by the Herbert Engineering Corp. of Alameda, California,[8] and the rest of the design was completed by DSEC headquartered in Busan, Korea. While primarily a training ship the NSMV class is also to be equipped for disaster relief: a Roll-on/Roll-off side ramp, container space and crane, and a helipad.[9]
The contract for the first two NSMV vessels was signed with Philly Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in April 2020 with anticipated delivery in Spring of 2023.[10] Steel cutting for the first vessel began in December 2020.[11] Its keel was laid on 10 December 2021[3] and launched on 24 September 2022.[2] The vessel was delivered to the SUNY's pier on 18 September 2023.[12]