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T-AKR-5065 Cape Mohican

Cape M Class Heavy Lift Barge Carrier:
  • Laid down, 15 July 1971, as Tillie Lykes, a Maritime Administration type (C8-S-82a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 243) at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA
  • Launched, 23 September 1972
  • Delivered for commercial service, 16 March 1973 to Lykes Bros Steamship Co.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in 1986 and renamed Cape Mohican
  • Assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF)
  • Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) 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.
  • Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) is laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in a layberth at Alameda, CA. in FOS-5 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, 19 CAFS
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 34
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion two steam turbines, two shafts
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    Cape Mohican 59k Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) moored pierside, date and place unknown. MSC web site
    Cape Mohican 41k Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) tied up in standby status near the Newport News coal piers, Newport News, VA., prior to being transferred to the west coast, 4 August 1995. .
    US DOD photo # DNSC9700796 by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret) from the Defense Visual Information Center    		 Peter Westdijk
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) at NavSource
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