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SS Capella (AKR-293)
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USNS Capella (T-AKR-293) (1983 - 2007)
USNS Capella (T-AK-293) (1981 - 1983)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Xray - Oscar NBXO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Algol Class (Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle) Cargo Ship:

Laid down as SS Sea-Land McLean at Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Launched, 1 September 1972

Delivered to Sea-Land, 1 October 1972

Acquired by the US Navy, date unknown

Assigned to MSC as USNS Capella (T-AK-293)

Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (T-AKR-293), 1 November 1983

USNS Capella (T-AKR-293) was one of the eight Fast Sealift Ships in the Surge Force, assigned to MSC Atlantic

Capella was returned to MARAD custody, 1 October 2007, and berthed at Alameda, CA. in 5-day RRF status (ROS-5)

Specifications:
Displacement 29,692 t.(lt) 61,987 t.(fl)
Length 947'
Beam 106'
Draft 34' 10"
Speed 33 kts.
Complement 43 civilian mariners
Armament none

Propulsion

two Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6kg/cm2), 950°F (510°C)

two General Electric MST-19 steam turbines

twin propellers 120,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service USA Sea-Land Services Inc.
	323k	SS Sea-Land McLean berthed at Yokohama, Japan in September 1975	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
USNS Capella (T-AKR-293)
0913001313	57k	*Namesake* Capella is the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga, the sixth-brightest star in the night sky, and the third-brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere after Arcturus and Vega.	Tommy Trampp
	262k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC Web Site
	1776k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** underway, 1 January 1984, location unknown. Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-86-03285 (1 January 1984) from Defense Imagery.mil.	Robert M. Cieri
0954029309	135k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** offloading military vehicles and supplies in the port of Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 January 1993, in support of Operation Restore Hope. U.S. Department of Defense photo # DD-SD-00-00871 by Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Mitchell.	Robert Hurst
	68k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 1 May 1994	Photo by Daniel Ferro
	244k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293) and USNS Antares (T-AK-294)** moored in their berths at the inner harbor at Baltimore, MD., 1994.	Photos by Cody Shaffer
	238k		Photos by Cody Shaffer
	91k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** moored pierside at Iskenderun, Turkey. Photo by Valdrin Xhemaj, Agence France Presse, from Naval Institute Proceedings, August 2003	Joe Radigan
	62k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** moored, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
	60k	*USNS Capella* (T-AKR-293)** moored, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
SS Capella (AKR-293) MARAD RRF
	233k	*SS Algol* (AKR-287), right, SS Capella (AKR-293) and the auxiliary crane ship SS Grand Canyon State (ACS-3) are assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, and are moored in Alameda, Calif. These steam ships are more than 40-years-old and are maintained to be ready for deployment in five days or less. Also of note is the museum ship USS Hornet (CVS-12)**.	Lee Wahler