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T-AK-5051 Cape Gibson

Cape G Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as Indian Mail a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-75a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 216) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 13 December 1968, for operation by American Mail Lines
  • Named changed to President Jackson (date unknown)
  • Reacquired by the Maritime Administration and assignment to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF)
  • Berthed at Alameda, CA. as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet
  • When activated Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) is assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's six Modular Cargo Delivery System Ready Reserve Force Ships
  • Cape Gibson can be activated in 5 days
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,779 t.(lt), 31,995 t.(fl)
    Length 605'
    Beam 82'
    Draft 35' (max.)
    Speed 17 kts.
    Full Operating Status Complement 32 Civilian Mariners, Reduced Operational Status 9 maintainers
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller
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    Commercial Service
    Cape Gibson 98k Indian Mail at Yokohama, Japan, 30 March 1974. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051)
    Cape Gibson 106k Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) underway in San Francisco Bay having passed under the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, date unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC web site
    Cape Gibson 62k Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Gibson 67k Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) moored pierside, date unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Gibson 61k Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) moored pierside, date unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.    		 MARAD web site
    Cape Gibson 42k Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) moored in a shipyard, date unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.    		 MARAD web site
    There is no DANFS history available for Cape Gibson (T-AK-5051) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable
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