USNSCS Grayfox (TWR-825)

	Grayfox under power, Port Huron, Michigan, 2021
History
Name	USNSCS Grayfox
Builder	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Acquired	15 August 1997
Commissioned	26 April 1998
Homeport	Port Huron, Michigan
Identification	MMSI number: 367333289; Callsign: WDD3042;
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Type	USNSCC training ship
Displacement	213 long tons (216 t) full load
Length	120 ft (37 m) o/a
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3512 TAC 1,175 hp (876 kW) diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	12–16 knots (22–30 km/h; 14–18 mph) cruising; 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) maximum;
Range	1,700 nmi (3,100 km)
Endurance	1 week at sea
Complement	30 Sea Cadets, 6 Sea Cadet Officers

The United States Naval Sea Cadet Ship (USNSCS) Grayfox (TWR-825) is a training ship, the largest owned by the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps. It is homeported in Port Huron, Michigan and is used by the USNSCC for shipboard training.

History

United States Navy, 1985–1995

The Grayfox began its service in 1985 as one of ten 120-foot Torpedo Weapons Retriever. It was assigned to the United States Navy's Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, Bahamas. Due to the decreasing threat of torpedoes, the Navy put it out of use in 1995 and transferred it to the USNSCC on August 15, 1997.

U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, 1997–present

All of the torpedo rollers were removed from the after deck and returned to AUTEC. The ramp was welded, with most of the renovations and upkeep handled by cadets and volunteers.^[1]

The ship was commissioned in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps on April 26, 1998 as the USNSCS Grayfox by Mrs. Jack Kennedy, wife of the former National President of the Navy League of the United States.

The ship has berthing for 30 cadets and six officers. The large berthing capacity is due to the extension of the main cabin that was constructed by F.C. Sherman Division and other volunteers.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hannan Division - USNSCS Grayfox". Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)