MV Cape Kennedy
Appearance
MV Cape Kennedy moored at New Orleans 2007
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | MV Cape Kennedy (T-AKR-5083) |
Namesake | Cape Kennedy |
Owner | United States Maritime Administration |
Operator | Keystone Shipping Company |
Laid down | 24 June 1978 |
Launched | 17 October 1978 as MV Nedlloyd Rosario |
Renamed | MV Rosario Date unknown, MV Cape Kennedy |
Homeport | New Orleans, LA |
Identification |
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Status | National Defense Reserve Fleet |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 15,718 tons light; 44,466 tons full |
Length | 696 ft (212 m) |
Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 35 ft (11 m) |
Propulsion | Single diesel, single screw |
Speed | 16.6 knots |
Complement | 25 |
Time to activate | 5 Days |
MV Cape Kennedy (T-AKR 5083) is one of the United States Military Sealift Command's 27 Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and one of the 44 Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships in the Sealift Program Office. She is the sister ship of MV Cape Knox
References
[edit]- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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External links
[edit]- Media related to IMO 7714636 at Wikimedia Commons