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T-AKR-5076 Cape Inscription

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National Defense Service Medal
Cape I Class Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 1 July 1974, as SS Maine a Maritime Administration type (C7-S-95a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 279) at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
  • Launched, 24 May 1975
  • Delivered for commercial service, 27 April 1976 to States Line
  • Acquired by Lykes Bros Steamship Co., (date unknown) and renamed SS Tyson Lykes
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) (date unknown) and renamed SS Cape Inscription
  • Assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF)
  • SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) is one of the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) 31 Roll-on/Roll-off ships and one of the 63 ships of the Sealift Program Office.
  • SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) is laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in a layberth at Long Beach, CA. in ROS-5 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 15,000 t.(lt) 33,900 t.(lt)
    Length 655'
    Beam 102'
    Draft 32' (max)
    Speed 18.7 kts.
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 31
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion two steam turbines, two propellers
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    Cape Inscription 73k SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) underway, date and location unknown. MSC web site
    Cape Inscription 53k SSCape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Inscription 49k SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Inscription 67k SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Inscription 119k SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Inscription 230k SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) sits fully-loaded at Tacoma's Blair Terminal after loading more than 90,000 square feet of cargo for the Army's 81st Armor Brigade bound for Kuwait, February 2007. Bill Gonyo
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this ship
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