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GEIGER (AP 197)
(ex-MC 2915, PRESIDENT ADAMS)

TRANSPORT

UIC:08297
Class:AP 196 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling Homeport:
Date status changed:01/01/1983 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: NEW YORK SB CORP
Delivery Date:09/01/1952
Award Date:08/01/1948 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):30.3 years
Keel Date:08/01/1949 Commission Date:09/01/1952
Launch Date:10/01/1950 Inactivation Date:
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)32.3 years Decommission Date:
Years from Commission to Decommission:
Stricken Date: 04/01/1983

Overall Length: 534 ft Waterline Length:500 ft
Extreme Beam:73 ft Waterline Beam:73 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft:27 ft Draft Limit:27 ft
Light Displacement:11225 tons Full Displacement:17630 tons
Dead Weight:6405 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 1
Number of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type: Steam Turbine
Accommodations: Officers: 420 Enlisted: 1754

Remarks: AP-197 WAS XFERRED TO MARITIME ADMIN 4/27/1971 AND LAID UP. LOANED TO MASS MARI
TIME ACADEMY 1980 AND RENAMED BAY STATE. FOLLOWING A SERIOUS ENGINE ROOM FIRE 1
2/1981 VESSEL WAS SCRAPPED IN 1983.






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