EmpireStateV
TS Empire State V (1973-1990)
[Former USNS BARRETT (T-AP-196)]
Laid down in 1949 as the SS PRESIDENT JACKSON for the passenger service of American President Lines, she never entered that service. Instead she was commandeered by the government, renamed the USNS BARRETT for service as a transport in the Pacific during Korea and Vietnam. Younger than EMPIRE STATE IV, she provided better space and more modern equipment for the training of cadets.
