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SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064)

Cape M Class Heavy Lift Barge Carrier:

Laid down, 15 July 1970, as SS Doctor Lykes, a Maritime Administration type (C8-S-82a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 241) at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA

Launched, 10 July 1971

Delivered for mercantile service, 21 June 1972 to Lykes Bros Steamship Co.

Purchased from Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., 6 October 1986, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration

Renamed SS Cape Mendocino

Assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF) as SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064)

SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) was one of the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) 3 Heavy Lift Barge Carriers and one of the 63 ships of the Sealift Program Office.

Cape Mendocino was deactivated, 10 October 2008 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Moved from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group to the National Defense Reserve Fleet Beaumont TX. Group, for disposal, 15 October 2011

Specifications:
Displacement 18,900 t.(lt) 55,660 t.(lt)
Length 876'
Beam 106'
Draft 40' (max)
Speed 16.2 kts.
Cargo Capacity 24 barges, 19 CAFS

Complement

Full Operational Status 34

Reduced Operational Status 9

Armament none

Propulsion

two steam turbines

two shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service USA Lykes Bros. SS Co.
0954506410	140k	Christening of Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes by Miss Ashley Lykes, 10 July 1971, at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA.	Dale Hargrave
0954506411	278k	Launching of Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes , 10 July 1971, at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA.	Dale Hargrave
	264k	Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes moored to a buoy, circa 1972, location unknown. © Alex Duncan	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	1024k	Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes arriving at Bremerhaven, Germany in July 1972.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	885k	Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes working cargo at Bremerhaven, Germany in July 1972.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
0954506413	780k	Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes arriving at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, circa 1973.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	111k	Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes underway, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy www.photoship.co.uk/	Mike Hibbard
	48k		Mike Hibbard
SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) - MARAD RRF
	38k	SS Cape Mendocino moored at her layberth, probably at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown.	Maritime Administration
SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) - MARAD
	51k	From left to right; SS Cape Mendocino ex *USS Shenandoah* (AD-44) and ex USS Sylvania (AFS-2)**, rafted together in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009	Photo by Mike Hibbard
	103k		Photo by Mike Hibbard
	271k	Ships moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 2 November 2014. From left to right: *SS Cape Florida* (AK-5071), SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073), SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070) and SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064)**	Photo by Chris Holley
	254k	*SS Cape Mendocino* (AKR-5064) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 2 November 2014 between SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070) and SS Diamond State (ACS-7)**.	Photo by Chris Holley