SS Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065)
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The SS Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) is a steam turbine powered heavy-lift Seabee barge carrier, one of two ships of her type in the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force.
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065) |
Builder | General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA |
Laid down | 15 July 1971 |
Launched | 23 September 1972 |
Acquired | 20 March 1986 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for Scrap |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 57,290 long tons |
Length | 873 ft (266 m) |
Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 39 ft (12 m) |
Propulsion | two steam turbines, one shaft |
Speed | 16.2 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 34 (9 at reduced operational status) |
Armament | none |
Cape Mohican was activated for service during Desert Storm, and has performed various transportation duties over the years. She was berthed at Port of Oakland, California as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). Regular maintenance and sea trials kept her ready to activate on five days' notice.
The Cape Mohican was the source of a 1996 spill of 40,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil in San Francisco Bay causing $3.625 million in natural resources damages.[1][2]
On July 9, 2021, the Cape Mohican was towed by a seagoing tug boat out of San Francisco Bay, on its way via the Panama Canal to Texas, where it will be broken down and recycled.[3]