MV Cape Henry
37°44′28″N 122°22′06″W / 37.7410565°N 122.3682768°W
 MV Cape Henry on 2 October 1993 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Cape Henry |
| Namesake | Cape Henry |
| Owner | United States Department of Transportation United States Maritime Administration |
| Operator | Marine Transport Lines |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Launched | 17 November 1978 |
| Completed | 1979 |
| Acquired | 30 September 1986 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1986 |
| Renamed | from Barber Priam |
| Identification |
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| Status | Laid in San Francisco, in ROS-5 status |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cape H-class roll-on/roll-off |
| Tonnage | 39,889 GT |
| Displacement | 51,007 long tons |
| Length | 749 feet |
| Beam | 105 feet inches |
| Draft | 35 feet |
| Propulsion | Diesel, single propeller |
| Speed | 17.4 knots |
| Range | Not Disclosed |
| Complement | 27 civilian mariners |
| Armament | none |
| Armor | none |
| Aircraft carried | none |
MV Cape Henry (T-AKR-5067) is a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. She has two sister ships: MV Cape Hudson and MV Cape Horn.
Construction and career
[edit]The Cape Henry was originally built as a commercial ship in 1979 and sold to the Ocean Transport and Trading Co. with the name Barber Priam. It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, on 30 September 1986. Operated under contract by Marine Transport Lines of Weehawken.
She was anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar on 18 May 1993.
It was later transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to San Francisco.
Further reading
[edit]- (https://web.archive.org/web/20120616101500/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=35) Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory
- (http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/545067.htm) NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
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.
