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MV Cape Hudson (AKR-5066)

Cape H Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1978-79 as MV Barber Taif, a G2-Dsl - RO-RO ship at Aker Group Kragro, Helsinki, Finland, for Wilhelmsen Line, Finland
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered for commercial service, 30 May 1979 to Barber Steamship Co.
  • Sold by Barber Steamship Co. to the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, in December 1986
  • Renamed MV Cape Hudson
  • Assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force as MV Cape Hudson (AKR-5056)
  • When activiated MV Cape Hudson (AKR-5056) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to MSC
  • MV Cape Hudson is assigned to the MSC Pacific Strategic Sealift Force and is berthed at San Francisco, CA. in ROS-4 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,000 t.(lt) 51,836 t.(fl)
    Length 749'
    Beam 106'
    Draft 36' (max)
    Speed 18.5 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 180,000 sq. ft., or 6,766 ISO containers
    Crane lift capacity, 39 t.
    Vehicle Ramp capacity 63.9 t.
    Complement
    Fully Operational Status 27
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion one slow speed diesel engine, 17,288 hp, one propeller
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    Cape Hudson 69k MV Cape Hudson (AKR-5066) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Cape Hudson 78k MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR-5066) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 Maritime Administration
    Cape Hudson 505k MV Cape Hudson (AKR-5066) conducting anchor tests south of Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, 28 July 2007. Photo by CAPT Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
    There is no DANFS history for MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR-5066) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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