SS Capella
US Navy Algol class cargo ship launched 1972 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Capella (T-AKR 293) is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, hull no. 330, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land McLean, USCG ON 540413, IMO 7223508, after Sea-Land's founder Malcom McLean.[1][2] Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy on 16 April 1982 as USNS Capella (T-AK-293).[3]
USNS Capella (T-AKR-293) offloading military vehicles and supplies in the port of Mogadishu in support of Operation Restore Hope. | |
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Namesake | Capella |
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Builder | Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. |
Launched | 1 September 1972 |
Acquired | 16 April 1982 |
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Status | Ready Reserve |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Algol class vehicle cargo ship |
Displacement | 55,355 tons (full) |
Length | 946 ft 2 in (288 m) |
Beam | 105 ft 6 in (32 m) |
Draft | 36 ft 4 in (11 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots |
Capacity | 700+ military vehicles (including trucks, tanks, and helicopters) |
Complement | 43 civilians, 12 military technicians (fully operational), 18 civilians (reduced operating status) |
Armament | None |
Aviation facilities | Landing pad |
In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Capella was named after Capella, the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, the sixth brightest in the night sky.