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T-AKR-5068 Cape Horn


Cape H Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1979 as Barber Tonsberg, a G2-Dsl - RO-RO ship, (date and place unknown) for Wilhelmsen Line
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Sold to the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) in 1986, renamed Cape Horn, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) is assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to MSC
  • Cape Horn 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 Horn 59k Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo
    MSC web site
    Cape Horn 60k Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo
    Maritime Administration
    Cape Horn 98k Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo
    Maritime Administration
    Cape Horn 66k Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo
    Maritime Administration
    Cape Horn 115k Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo
    Maritime Administration

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