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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 commercial 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) is one of the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) 3 Heavy Lift Barge Carriers and one of the 63 ships of the Sealift Program Office.
  • SS Cape Mendocino is laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA. in RRS-10 status
    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, 14 CAFS
    Complement 34
    Armament none
    Propulsion two steam turbines, two shafts
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    Cape Mendocino 38k SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) moored at her layberth, probably at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown. Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) at NavSource
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