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MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701)

Cape V Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1984 as MV Marzario Britainna by Cant Nav. Italiani
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to CMB T. Italy for commercial operation, date unknown
  • Acquired. 2 April 1993, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
  • Renamed MV Cape Victory, 2 April 1994
  • Assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, 19 August 1994, as MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701)
  • When activated MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) 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
  • MV Cape Victory is laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. in FOS-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 Victory 47k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway in the Suez Canal, March 2004. Photo by Laurent LaMarche
    Cape Victory 64k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC
    Cape Victory 81k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 85k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 64k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 63k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 108k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 122k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 40k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 61k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 68k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 72k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 63k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 52k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) underway, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 92k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) pierside unloading vehicles, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Victory 86k MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) pierside unloading vehicles, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history available for MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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