SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)

SS Gem State (T-ACS-2) was laid down on 30 May 1965, as the breakbulk ship, SS President Monroe, a Maritime Administration type (C6-S-1aq) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 165) at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to American President Lines, 25 April 1966. She was converted to a Crane Ship at De Foe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI., in 1984 and assigned by the Maritime Administration to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), placed in service as Gem State (ACS-2), 7 May 1984. Gem State is one the 10 Crane Ships in the Surge Force and is berthed at Alameda, CA, assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and is maintained in a five-day readiness status (ROS 5).