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MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711)

Cape T Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Laid down in 1977 as MV Rheinfels, location unknown, for Hansa Lines, Bermen, Germany
  • Launched, 19 July 1977
  • Delivered for commercial service, 7 December 1977
  • Sold to Anker Shipping GmbH, an affiliate of DDG Hansa, Bremen, 13 October 1980
  • Ownership passed to a Hamburg bank, December 1980
  • Ownership passed in 1981 to Ch. F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg, renamed MV Norefjord
  • Ownership passed in July 1981 to Heyo Janssen, Leer, Germany, renamed MV Radbod, reflagged Panamanian
  • Put into custody at Rotterdam and auctioned off in September 1987 to a group of German banks, and resold to Argentinean interests
  • Resold in November 1987 to Vericaribe CA, and renamed MV Santos, Panama flagged
  • Chartered to Kent Line in May 1990, renamed MV Canadian Forest
  • Resold to Conro Shipping Ltd., Panama in September 1991, renamed MV Santos
  • Ownership passed in 1993 to South American Shipping Co.,, tonnage date rearranged and modified and vessel was retransferred to Conro Shipping Ltd., Panama
  • Acquired, 15 November 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed MV Cape Trinity, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) 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 Trinity is laid up in a layberth at Houston, TX. in ROS-5 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,687 t.(lt) 24,555 t.(fl)
    Length 634' 3"
    Beam 88' 7"
    Draft 28' 3"
    Speed 15.7 kts.
    Complement 27 civilian mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Commercial Service
    Cape Trinity 80k MV Radbod moored at Bremerhaven, Germany in February 1983. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) - MARAD RRF
    Cape Trinity 65k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside with an unidentified Ready Reserve Force AKR, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 83k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 94k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 103k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 88k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside, while vehicles and other equipment are loaded/unloaded, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 86k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside, while vehicles and other equipment are loaded/unloaded, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 68k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside while a crane loads her open deck with containers, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 101k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside with her open deck loaded with containers, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 58k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Trinity 100k MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) at NavSource
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