Training Ship Golden Bear III
(1996-Present)

LOA      499’ 10” (152.35m)          LBP      462’ 01” (140.84m)                    Beam     72’ 00” (21.95m)
                                                         Draft      30’ 06” (9.29m) [loaded]           Displacement 15,821 tons


Engine:             Twin Diesels
Horsepower:    17,000
Propeller:          Single Screw, 5 blade, 18’7” (5.68m) in diameter
Speed:              18.0 knots


Ordered:           Jun 28, 1985 under MARAD contract for the Navy
Keel laid:          July 29, 1986 Maritime Commission hull designation S4-M-MA154a type
Launched:         Sep 4, 1987 at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD
Delivered:         Mar 31, 1989 placed in service with the Navy as U.S.N.S. MAURY (T-AGS-39).  

Built for the U.S. Navy as a Hydrographic Survey Vessel to map the deep ocean floor. At the time built, she was the largest and fastest oceanographic ship ever built.

She was placed out of service in September 1994 and laid up in Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay.

After the conversion of her living spaces, she was transferred to CMA on May 4, 1996.

T.S. GOLDEN BEAR (TSGB) is the fourth and largest training ship at Cal Maritime, and is the third training ship to carry the name GOLDEN BEAR.

Currently, T.S. GOLDEN BEAR makes two major training cruises annually.