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MV Cape Texas (AKR-112)

Cape T Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:

Laid down in 1977.location unknown, as MV Reichenfels for DDG Hansa - Line

Launched. date unknown

Placed in service as MV Reichenfels, date unknown

Sold to Lykes Bros. Lines, date unknown, renamed MV Lyra

Acquired, 19 August 1994, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, and renamed MV Cape Texas, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force

When activated MV Cape Texas (AKR-112) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office

MV Cape Texas is laid up in a layberth at Houston, TX. in ROS-5 status

Specifications:
Displacement 9,687 t.(lt) 24,555 t.(fl)
Length 634' 3"
Beam 88' 7"
Draft 28' 3"
Speed 15.7 kts.
Complement 27 civilian mariners
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
	84k	MV Reichenfels underway while in service as a DDG Hansa - Line, Ro-Ro ship German flagged, date and location unknown. Photo ©DDG Hansa.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	62k	MV Lyra approaching Rotterdam in February 1986, while in commercial service for Lykes Lines.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	81k	MV Lyra underway in the Amsterdam ship canal, date unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
	197k	MV Lyra moored pierside at Genoa, Italy, 9 September 1986.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
MV Cape Texas (AKR-112) - MSC RRF
	122k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site.
	162k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site.
	117k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site.
	110k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site.
	120k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	286k	A patrol boat assigned to Inshore Boat Unit Two Four (IBU-24), *Naval Coastal Warfare (NCW) Squadron Two Five, escorts MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112) into the Port of Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait, 24 February 2005. NCW Squadron 25** is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment defending U.S. and coalition assets transiting the North Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. US Navy photo # 050224-N-6932B-113 Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait (Feb. 24, 2005) by PH1 Richard J. Brunson.	Robert M. Cieri
	1300k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** moored at Houston. TX. circa 2010.	Chris Holley
	401k	*MV Cape Texas* (AKR-112)** moored in her layberth at Houston. TX., date unknown. Photo courtesy of Steve Vaughn. MSC Website.	Robert Hurst