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SS Agent (AK-5015)

Cape A Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1961 as SS Export Agent a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-58a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 318) at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.
  • Launched 1961
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 1961 for operation by American Export Lines
  • Named changed to SS Agent, date unknown
  • Reacquired by the Maritime Administration and laid up in the Maritime Administrations National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • When activated SS Agent (AK-5015) was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's Modular Cargo Delivery System Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ships
  • Agent could be activated as needed
  • Downgraded from RRF and laid up in the Maritime Administrations (MARAD) National Defense Reserve Fleet in 2001
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,380 t.(lt), 21,110 t.(fl)
    Length 575'
    Beam 75'
    Draft 30' (max.)
    Speed 18.3 kts.
    Full Operating Status Complement (unknown) Civilian Mariners, Reduced Operating Status 5 maintainers
    Propulsion steam turbine, two boilers, single propeller, 16,500shp
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    Merchant Service American Export Isbrandtsen Lines.
    Agent
    0913501504    		 312k SS Export Agent under way in American Export Isbrandtsen Lines colors, date and location unknown. Maritime Administration Photo
    National Defense Reserve Fleet
    Agent 284k SS Agent (AK-5015) drydocked in Dry Dock #3 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard for hull cleaning prior to being towed to Texas for dismantling, 28 April 2012 Photos by Darryl Baker 
    Agent 327k
    Agent 226k SS Agent (AK-5015) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., date unknown.  
    Aide
    0913500605    		 115k SS Agent (AK-5015) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 24 July 2011. She is the third ship in after SS Aide and unidentifed ship.
    Photo taken by Earthpig (real name unknown)    		 Robert Hurst
    SS Agent (AK-5015) History
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    Last Updated 12 May 2023