USNS Geiger ( T - AP - 197 ) USNS " Geiger " ( T - AP - 197 ) / USTS " Bay State IV " was a transport ship in the United States Navy . She was named after General Roy Geiger , who , from July 1945 to November 1946 , commanded Marine Force , Pacific Fleet . Career . " Geiger " was laid down as " President Adams " on 1 August 1949 under Maritime Commission contract for American President Lines by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden , New Jersey ; launched on 9 October 1950 ; sponsored by Mrs . Edward J . Hart , wife of Congressman Hart of New Jersey ; renamed " Geiger " 2 January 1951 while under conversion for MSTS ; acquired by the Navy 13 September 1952 ; and placed in service the same day . Acquired for transport service during the Korean War , " Geiger " operated under MSTS from 1952 . Over the years she made numerous runs in support of peace - keeping operations throughout the world . She crossed the Atlantic dozens of times , deploying troops to European bases and returning troops and refugees to the United States . Operating out of New York , " Geiger " provided support for the 6th Fleet on station in the Middle East . In response to the pro - Soviet takeover of the Syrian Army in August 1957 , she steamed in the Mediterranean while the 6th Fleet deployed to protect independent nations in the Middle East , including the pro - Western government of King Hussein in Jordan . In July 1958 she carried troops from European bases to Lebanon to thwart an attempted Communist coup against the government of President Chamoun . Between 1959 and 1965 " Geiger " continued operations out of New York , steaming to Bremerhaven , Germany ; Mediterranean ports in North Africa , Italy , Greece , and Turkey ; and American bases in the Caribbean . Following the Cuban Missile Crisis , she made three runs between New York and Cuba to return military dependents to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base during December 1962 and January 1963 . Between 6 October and 23 November 1964 , she participated in the amphibious exercise , Operation " Steel Pike I " , the largest peacetime amphibious exercise ever conducted in the Atlantic . She supported the movement of combat - ready troops from the United States to the southwest coast of Spain and took part in the largest American military landing operation since the Korean war . After returning to Charleston , South Carolina , 23 November with 768 marines embarked , she resumed transport runs between New York and Bremerhaven . Arriving New York 1 June 1965 , she departed the next day for the Caribbean , where from 6 to 17 June she operated off Santo Domingo to support naval forces engaged in ending civil war in the Dominican Republic . Following two more runs to Bremerhaven , " Geiger " departed New York 16 August for the Pacific . Steaming via Pearl Harbor , she arrived Quin Nhon , South Vietnam , 19 September to bolster the Navy ' s transportation capabilities during the struggle to halt Communist aggression in Southeast Asia . Between 23 September and 1 October she sailed via Yokohama , Japan , to Pusan , South Korea , where she embarked Republic of Korea troops bound for Vietnam . She returned to Qui Nhon 8 October ; steamed to Cam Ranh Bay the 9th ; then departed the next day for the United States , arriving San Francisco 27 October . Sailing for the Far East 5 November , she reached Qui Nhon the 23d and resumed duty as a troop transport . Between 30 November and 13 December she rotated ROK troops from Vung Tau , South Vietnam , to Inchon and back . She departed Vietnam for the United States 13 December ; and , steaming via Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal , she arrived New York 13 January 1966 . " Geiger " resumed transatlantic service to Bremerhaven 1 February , and during the next 6 months made six runs between the United States and Europe . Departing Bremerhaven 8 August , she steamed via the Panama Canal and San Francisco to resume troop - carrying duty in the Far East . During 1967 " Geiger " shuttled between San Francisco and Vietnam carrying U . S . troops to bolster Allied forces fighting in the Vietnam War . 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 .