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T-AK-5061 Cape Fear

Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) Barge Carrier:
  • Laid down in 1971 as SS LASH Espania a Maritime Administration type (C8-S-81d) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 230) at Avondale Industries Corp., New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 28 April 1971, for operation by Prudential Line
  • Named changed to SS Austral Lightning (date unknown)
  • Reacquired by the Maritime Administration for assignment to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), 13 May 1985
  • Cape Fear was berthed at Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet
  • When activated Cape Fear (T-AK-5061) was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's four LASH Ready Reserve Force Ships
  • Cape Fear could be activated in 10 days
  • Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 July 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement 33,000 t.(lt) 44,250 t.(fl)
    Length 820'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 35' (max.)
    Speed 18.7 kts.
    Cargo Capacity assigned 73 barges
    Full Operating Status Complement 31 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller
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    Cape Fear 68k Cape Fear (T-AK-5061) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC web site
    There is no DANFS history available for Cape Fear (T-AK-5061) at NavSource
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