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SS Adventurer (AK-5005)

Cape A Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1960 as SS Export Adventurer, a Maritime Administration type (C3-S-58a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 56) at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 9 July 1960
  • Delivered to the American Export Lines in 1960
  • Acquired by Farrell Lines from American Export - Isbrandsten Lines, in 1978
  • Acquired by the Maritime Administration from Farrell Lines, circa 1978 for lay up in the Maritime Administrations National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., in a retention status, named changed to SS Adventurer
  • Assigned to the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force (RRF), as AK-5005, 25 February 1980
  • SS Adventurer (AK-5005) could be activated in 10 days
  • Moved to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 11 November 1994
  • Downgraded from RRF retention status to non-retention status in 2001
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, circa December 2012
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,848 t.(lt), 10,986 t.(fl)
    Length 492' 6"
    Beam 73'
    Draft 27' (max.)
    Speed 18.5 kts.
    Full Operating Status Complement
    Civilian Mariners, 55
    Reduced Operating Status 5 Maintainers
    Propulsion
    two General Electric steam turbines
    two Babcock and Wilcox boilers
    single propeller, 12,500shp
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    Adventurer 11k SS Adventurer moored in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., date unknown. Note the ship still is in the colors of her mercantile owners and the name has not been changed from Export Adventurer to Adventurer Maritime Administration photo
    Adventurer 34k SS Adventurer (AK-5005) moored between an unidentified ship and SS Agent in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., February 2009 Maritime Administration photo
    Adventurer 280k SS Adventurer (AK-5005) drydocked in Dry Dock #3 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard for bottom cleaning prior to being towed to Texas for dismantling, March 2012 Photos by Chris Rasmussen
    Adventurer 251k
    Adventurer 447k SS Adventurer (AK-5005) drydocked in Dry Dock #3 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard for hull cleaning prior to being towed to Texas for dismantling, 22 April 2012 Photo by Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history available for SS Adventurer (AK-5005) at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    National Register Eligibility Assessment
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