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T-AKR-11 Jupiter / Cape Intrepid

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Mike - Yankee
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Cape I Class Roll-on/Roll-off Ship:
  • Laid down, 27 January 1975 as Arizona a Maritime Administration type (C7-S-95a) hull, at Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, ME.
  • Launched, 1 November 1976
  • Delivered to MARAD for turnover to States Line
  • Acquired by Lykes Bros, Shipping Line and renamed Lipscomb Lykes
  • Acquired by the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as USNS Jupiter (T-AKR-11), 8 June 1976, under the management of Crowley Liner Services of Jacksonville, FL
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command Near Term Prepositioning Force (NTPF) in support of the equipment of the 7th Marine Amphibious Brigade
  • Returned to MARAD control, 26 April 1986
  • Renamed Cape Intrepid, 22 November 1993 and assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, (RRF) as Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) one of the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) 31 Roll-on/Roll-off ships and one of the 63 ships of the Sealift Program Office, .
  • Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) is laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in a layberth at Tacoma, WA. in ROS-5 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,000 t.(lt) 33,900 t.(fl)
    Length 685'
    Beam 102'
    Draft 32'
    Speed 18.7
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 31
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion two steam turbines, two propellers
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    Cape Intrepid 78k Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Cape Intrepid 30k Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Intrepid 37k Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) underway with assistance of tugs, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for Jupiter / Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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