Coordinates: 37°46′23″N 122°22′53″W / 37.7730888°N 122.3814327°W
| MV Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) | |
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File:MV Cape Horn.jpg MV Cape Horn on 2 October 1993 | |
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| Name: | MV Cape Horn |
| Namesake: | Cape Henry |
| Owner: | Wilhelmsen Line |
| Builder: | Tangen Verft, Kragro, Norway |
| Launched: | 31 January 1979 |
| Completed: | 1979 |
| Acquired: | December 1986 |
| Commissioned: | December 1986 |
| Renamed: | from Barber Tonsberg |
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| Status: | laid in San Francisco, in ROS-5 status |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cape H-class roll-on/roll-off |
| Displacement: | 51,007 long tons |
| Length: | 749 feet |
| Beam: | 105 feet inches |
| Draft: | 35 feet |
| Propulsion: | Diesel, single propeller |
| Speed: | 17.4 knots |
| Range: | Not Disclosed |
| Complement: | 27 civilian mariners |
| Armament: | none |
| Armor: | none |
| Aircraft carried: | none |
MV Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) was originally built as a commercial ship in 1979 and sold to the Wilhelmsen Line with the name Barber Tonsberg. She has 2 sister ships named MV Cape Hudson and MV Cape Henry.
Construction and career[]
It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration in December 1986. Operated under contract by Marine Transport Lines of Weehawken. On 15 April 1987, the ship was moored in Pusan for shipment back to the United States at the conclusion of the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '87.[1] MV Cape Horn was docked at a port facility in the Persian Gulf region on 19 October 1994. Army stevedores from the 567th Transportation Unit, Ft. Eustis, Virginia were flown to the region to download the equipment from the ships in preparation for Operation Vigilant Warrior.[2] On 18 April 2005, she housed the military tactical vehicles for the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 12th Marines, and Combat Logistics Regiment 7 for exercise Cobra Gold.[3] From there it was later transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to San Francisco.
Gallery[]
_for_shipment_back_to_the_United_States_at_the_conclusion_of_the_j_-_DPLA_-_6abdc009655243e7b9d47154b4fc0c5b.jpeg "An M113 armored personnel carrier is driven into the hold of the Ready Reserve Force ship SS CAPE HORN (T-AKR 5068) for shipment back to the United States at the conclusion of the j - DPLA - 6abdc009655243e7b9d47154b4fc0c5b.jpeg (1.37 MB)")
.jpg "330-CFD-DF-ST-98-04386 (20378294959).jpg (2.81 MB)")
_Ready_Reserve_Force_roll-on-roll-off_ship_MV_Cape_Horn_(T-AKR_5068).jpg "US Navy 050418-M-1964R-013 A logistical vehicle system debarks off of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force roll-on-roll-off ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068).jpg (957 KB)")
_Ready_Reserve_Force_roll-on-roll-off_ship_MV_Cape_Hor.jpg "US Navy 050418-M-1964R-008 U.S. Marines assigned to Transport Service Battalion arrive at Chuc Samet port in support of the debarkation of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force roll-on-roll-off ship MV Cape Hor.jpg (2.96 MB)")
Further reading[]
- (https://web.archive.org/web/20120616101627/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=36) Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory
- (http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/545068.htm) NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
References[]
- ↑ "An M113 armored personnel carrier is driven into the hold of the Ready Reserve Force ship SS CAPE HORN (T-AKR 5068) for shipment back to the United States at the conclusion of the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '87". 15 April 1987date QS:P571,+1987-04-15T00:00:00Z/11. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_M113_armored_personnel_carrier_is_driven_into_the_hold_of_the_Ready_Reserve_Force_ship_SS_CAPE_HORN_(T-AKR_5068)_for_shipment_back_to_the_United_States_at_the_conclusion_of_the_j_-_DPLA_-_6abdc009655243e7b9d47154b4fc0c5b.jpeg.
- ↑ Navy, National Museum of the U. S. (2015-08-14). "330-CFD-DF-ST-98-04386: Operation Vigilant Warrior, October 8-December 22, 1994. A US Army stevedore directs a tractor trailer down the ramp of the Ready Reserve Force ship Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) at a port facility in the Persian Gulf region on 19 Oct 1994. Army stevedores from the 567th Transportation Unit, Ft. Eustis, Va. were flown to the region to download the equipment from the ships in preparation for Operation Vigilant Warrior, the U.S. Armed Forces response to aggressive Iraqi actions towards Kuwait, October 19, 1994. . Conrad M. Evans, II (OPA-NARA II-8/14/2015).". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:330-CFD-DF-ST-98-04386_(20378294959).jpg.
- ↑ Rojas, U. S. Navy photo by USMC Lance Cpl Christopher T. (2005-04-18). "English: Chuc Samet, Thailand (April 18, 2005) - A logistical vehicle system debarks off of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force roll-on/roll-off ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068), which housed the military tactical vehicles for the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 12th Marines, and Combat Logistics Regiment 7 for exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is an annual field training exercise with joint services from the U.S. Marines, Navy, Air Force, Thai Army and Thai Royal Marines. U.S. Navy photo by USMC Lance Cpl. Christopher T. Rojas (RELEASED)". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_050418-M-1964R-013_A_logistical_vehicle_system_debarks_off_of_the_Military_Sealift_Command_(MSC)_Ready_Reserve_Force_roll-on-roll-off_ship_MV_Cape_Horn_(T-AKR_5068).jpg.
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