MV Cape Knox (T-AKR-5082)

MV Cape Knox (T-AKR-5082) was originally built and operated out of Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Nedlloyd Lines and was eventually sold to the United States Department of Transportation as a ready reserve vessel. Later the ship was transferred to the Ready Reserve Fleet. The ship is currently under care of Keystone Shipping Company, and is kept in ready reserve status. It can be mobilized with five days of notice.

MV Cape Knox
History
United States
Class and type: Vehicle cargo ship
Name: MV Nedlloyd Rouen
Builder: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
Completed: 1979
Renamed: MV Cape Knox
Homeport: New Orleans, Louisiana
Identification:
Status: Ready Reserve Fleet
General characteristics
Type: Roll-on/Roll-off ship
Displacement: 29,218 long tons (29,687 t)
Length: 695 ft (212 m)
Beam: 105 ft (32 m)
Draft: 35 ft (11 m)
Propulsion: one slow speed diesel engine, one shaft
Speed: 16.6 knots (30.7 km/h; 19.1 mph)[1]
Range: not disclosed
Complement: When idle 9 contract mariners/ active 25
Time to activate: 5 days

References

  1. US Military. "Active Rollon Rolloff ships in ready reserve". Military Sealift Command roll on roll off ships. Military Sealift Command. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

Original Dutch Flag, operated by Neddloyd Lines in Rotterdam Type: Ro-Ro cargo - IMO: 7715290 - Callsign: PGEJ - Vlag: Nederland Bouw: 1978, Nippon Kokan KK, Shimizi, Japan (nr. 97) Specs: LxBxH: 212.37 x 32.29 x 18.69 m. - 21.145 brt. - 1.550 TEU Aandrijving: 2 tew 8 cil. Sulzer diesel - 26.800 pk (19.711 kW) - 19 kn

Short history: 1978 - Built as NEDLLOYD ROUEN for Nedlloyd Lijnen in Rotterdam. 1986 - renamed: ROUEN 1988 - renamed: NEDLLOYD ROUEN. 1995 - to Maritime Administration, Washington USA: CAPE KNOX.


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