USNS Geiger (T-AP-197) - USTS Bay State IV

USTS Bay State IV

In 1979 she was reassigned to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy as the United States Training Ship (USTS) Bay State IV. In December 1981 she burned to the water line while at the pier.

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