SS Pacific Tracker

SS Pacific Tracker
SS ''Pacific Tracker'' is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) missile range instrumentation ship that monitors tests conducted by the Missile Defense Agency. It was formerly a crane ship named SS ''Beaver State'' (T-ACS-10) was named for the state of Oregon, which is also known as the ''Beaver State''. As of 30 September, 2023, ''Pacific Tracker'' was listed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Pacific division assigned to Portland, OR. History ''Beaver State'' was laid down on 13 April 1964, as the break-bulk freighter, SS ''Mormacdraco'', ON 299008, IMO 6507921, a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-60a) hull, under MARAD contract (MA 144). Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, MS, hull no. 487, she was launched on 14 January 1965 and delivered to MARAD 28 May 1965, for service with Moore-McCormack Lines. In 1976 the ship was lengthened and converted to a partial container ship by Todd Ship Yard, Galveston, TX. She was sold to United States Lines in 1 ...
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Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of HII. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and, as of 2023, is the largest private employer in Mississippi. History In 1938, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation was founded by Robert Ingersoll Ingalls Sr. (1882–1951) of Birmingham, Alabama, on the east bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi.Fact Sheet
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Retrieved 2009-09-23 Ingalls was located where the Pascagoula River runs into the

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