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T-AKR-5078 Cape Lobos

Cape L Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1972 as MV Laurentian Forest, at Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd., St. Catharines, Canada
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Renamed MV Grand Encounter (date unknown)
  • Renamed MV Federal Seaway (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed Cape Lobos, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078) was assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078) was one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to MSC
  • Cape Lobos was assigned to the MSC Strategic Sealift Force in FOS-10 status, berthed at Wilmington, N.C.
  • Removed from the RRF, 25 February 2000, and assigned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,000 t.(lt) 33,360 t.(fl)
    Length 683'
    Beam 75'
    Draft 29' 6" (max)
    Speed 16.2 kts.
    Cargo Capacity, 1,250,000 cubic feet
    Automobile Capacity, 2,250 cars
    Complement 30
    Armament none
    Propulsion two 9000 BHP 18 PC2V Pielstick Engines manufactured by Crossley Premier Engines Ltd., Manchester, England, twin shafts
    Bow Thrust Propeller, 1000 BHP
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    Cape Lobos 54k Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078) underway, date and place unknown. MSC web site
    Cape Lobos 27k Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078) laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078) at NavSource
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