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T-AK-2039 Cape Girardeau

Cape G Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA. in 1968 as Alaskan Mail a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-75a)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 29 October 1968, for operation by American Mail Lines
  • Named changed to SS President Adams, 11 April 1978
  • Reacquired by the Maritime Administration for assignment to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), 11 April 1988
  • Berthed at Alameda, CA. as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039)
  • Operated by APL for the government during Operation Desert Storm
  • Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) is one of the Military Sealift Command's two Ready Reserve Force Ships and can be activated in 5 days
    Specifications:
    Displacement 31,995 t.(lt)
    Length 605'
    Beam 82'
    Draft 35' (max.)
    Speed 20.8 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 1,082,207 Cu Ft and 332 TEU containers, 12 Passengers
    Complement
    Full Operating Status 32 Civilian Mariners
    Reduced Operating Status 9 Civilian Maintainers
    Propulsion Single screw, geared steam turbine, 24,000 HP @ 105 RPM. Two B&W WT boilers, 875 PSI @ 950 degrees fahrenheit
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    Cape Girardeau 50k Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Girardeau 50k Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Girardeau 50k Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Girardeau 60k Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) (the modular cargo delivery system ship) steams with John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as an HH-60H Seahawk assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4) returns to pick up another load of supplies during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), 16 July 2004. Cape Girardeau was re-actived from the National Defense Reserve Fleet to participate in exercises at sea.
    US Navy photo # 040716-N-0684R-084 by PHAN Ron Reeves from the Navy NewsStand web site.    		 Fabio Peņa
    There is no DANFS history available for Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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