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SS Del Viento (AK-5026)

International Radio Call Sign:
Mike - Mike - Sierra - November
 MMSI
Class D Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1968 as SS Delta Mexico a Maritime Administration type (C3-S-76a) hull under MARAD contract (MA hull 203) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Delivered, 9 December 1968 to the Maritime Administration
  • Acquired by Delta Lines, 30 Auguat 1983 as a bareboat charter
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration at Beaumont, TX., 10 April 1984
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX in 1984, renamed SS Del Viento, Military Sealift Command (MSC) designation AK-5026
  • SS Del Viento (AK-5026) could be activated for service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as needed
  • When activated SS Del Viento (AK-5026) was one of the Military Sealift Commands MSC's twenty-five breakbulk cargo ships
  • SS Del Viento (AK-5026) was withdrawn from MSC's Ready Reserve Force (RRF), and downgraded to National Defense Reserve Fleet (NRDF) 7 October 1994
  • Final Disposition, part of a three ship scrapping contract awarded to Esco Marine, Brownsville, TX., 3 March 2008 for a contract total of $1,136,106
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,669 t.(lt) 23,900 t.(fl)
    Length est 493' 1"
    Beam est 73' 2"
    Draft est 30' 6" (max.)
    Speed est 18.5 kts.
    Cargo Capacity est 11,000 t. gross, (663,069 cu. ft.) dry cargo, 25,002 cu. ft. refrigerated cargo, 12,000 bbls liquid
    Complement est 25 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion steam turbine single propeller
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    Del Viento
    0913502602    		 131k SS Delta Mexico, 4 October 1968, the day before launching on 5 October 1968, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.
    Photo from flickr.com by Harley Flowers    		 John Spivey
    Merchant Service Delta Lines
    Del Viento
    0913502601    		 143k SS Del Viento moored pierside at New Orleans, LA., 10 May 1983.
    Courtesy Shipspotting.com, photo by Fred Miller II    		 David Wright
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