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T-AKR-112 Cape Texas

Cape T Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Laid down in 1977 as MS Reichenfels (place unknown) for D.D.G. Hansa - Line
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Placed in service as MS Reichenfels, date unknown
  • Sold to Lykes Lines, date unknown, renamed Lyra
  • Acquired, 19 August 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed Cape Texas, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated Cape Texas (T-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
  • 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
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    Commercial Service
    Cape Texas 84k M/S Reichenfels underway while in service as a D.D.G. Hansa - Line, Ro-Ro ship German flagged, date and location unknown. Photo ©D.D.G. Hansa. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Texas 62k M/S Lyra approaching Rotterdam in February 1986, while in commercial service for Lykes Lines. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Texas 81k M/S Lyra underway in the Amsterdam ship canal, date unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
    M/V Cape Texas (T-AKR-112)
    Cape Texas 122k Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.         		MARAD web site.
    Cape Texas 162k Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.         		MARAD web site.
    Cape Texas 117k Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.         		MARAD web site.
    Cape Texas 110k Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.         		MARAD web site.
    Cape Texas 120k Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo.         		MARAD web site.
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Texas (T-AKR-112) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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