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T-AK-5038 Cape Charles

Cape C Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1963 as SS Charlotte Lykes a Maritime Administration type (C3-S-37c) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 116) at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched in 1963
  • Delivered to Lykes Bros. SS Co. 20 September 1963
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 31 July 1984, for lay up in the Maritime Administrations National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Renamed Cape Charles in September 1985
  • When activated Cape Charles (T-AK-5038) was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's Modular Cargo Delivery System Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ships
  • Downgraded from the RRF,date unknown
  • Sold for scrapping, 24 August 2007, to North American Ship Recycling, Sparrows Point, MD., as part of a five ship contract for $2,161,610
  • Final Disposition, scrapping contact re-awarded to Marine Metals Inc of Brownsville Dec 21, 2007, as part of the three ship deal (Pride, Scan and Cape Charles) for just over $1.4 Million after North American Ship Recycling defaulted on contract.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,800 t.(lt) 19,800 t.(fl)
    Length 494' 8"
    Beam 68' 5"
    Draft 19' 6"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement approximately 21
    Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 8,500shp
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    Cape Charles 61k SS Charlotte Lykes underway on the River Weser, leaving Bremen in October 1963. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Charles 99k SS Charlotte Lykes being towed out of the port of Bremen, Germany in 1964. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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