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T-AKR-9666 Cape Vincent

Cape V Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built as Marzario Italia, (date and place unknown)
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Renamed Taabo Italia (date unknown)
  • Acquired, 19 August 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed Cape Vincent, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office
  • Cape Vincent is laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. in ROS-5 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,581 t.(lt) 30,644 t.(fl)
    Length 631' 10"
    Beam 86' 11"
    Draft 28' 4" (max)
    Speed 14 kts.
    Cargo Capacity (unknown)
    Complement
    Fully Operational Status 25
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion one slow speed diesel engine, 9,184hp, one propeller
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    Cape Vincent 82k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) underway, date and place unknown. MSC web site
    Cape Vincent 53k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) at anchor in the harbor off Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 2 March 2003.
    US Navy photo # 030302-N-0382M-504 by PH2 Michelle L. McCandless.    		 NavyNewsstand
    Cape Vincent 122k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    Cape Vincent 102k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    Cape Vincent 89k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    Cape Vincent 43k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) steams past "Cape Edmont (T-AKR-5069) at Corinto, Nicaragua. They were two of the four Ready Reserve ships actived to provide hurricane relief to Central America in October 1998. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    Cape Vincent 108k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) moored pierside, date and place unknown. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    Cape Vincent 146k Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) moored pierside, stern ramp down, date and place unknown. MARAD photo. US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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