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SS Cape Johnson (AK-5075)

Cape J Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:

Laid down (date unknown) as SS M. M. Dant a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-1u) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 128) at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.

Launched (date unknown)

Delivered to the Maritime Administration, 26 November 1962, for operation by States Lines

Named changed to SS Mormacsaga, date unknown

Re-acquired by the Maritime Administration for assignment to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF) in 1980

Berthed at Wilmington, N.C. as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet

When activated SS Cape Johnson (AK-5075) was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's six Modular Cargo Delivery System Ready Reserve Force Ships

SS Cape Johnson could be activated in 20 days

Withdrawn from the MARAD RRF, 1 October 2008, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, date unknown, to All Star Metals, Brownsville, TX. Withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet, 25 October 2017, under tow by tug CF CampBell, en route to All Star Metals in Brownsville, TX for recycling

Specifications:
Displacement 8,280 t.(lt), 22,629 t.(fl)
Length 565'
Beam 76'
Draft 31' 10" (max.)
Speed 18 kts.
Full Operating Status Complement 38 Civilian Mariners
Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 11,822shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	65k	SS M.M. Dant moored pierside at Bangkok, Thailand, 24 September 1973.	Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
	70k	SS M.M. Dant moored pierside at Singapore, 28 August September 1975.	Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
Cape Johnson (AK-5075)
	57k	SSCape Johnson (AK-5075) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	MSC web site
	35k	*SS Cape Johnson* (AK-5075)** moored at her layberth, probably Wilmington, N.C, date unknown.	Maritime Administration
	44k	*SS Cape Johnson* (AK-5075)** underway in Hampton Roads, off Norfolk, VA., date unknown.	Maritime Administration
	51k	*SS Cape Johnson* (AK-5075)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	108k	*SS Cape Johnson* (AK-5075)** conducting an underway replenishment with an unidentified Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate, date and location unknown. US Navy Photo	Maritime Administration
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MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
	115k	SS Cape Johnson left, and SS Cape Nome right, laid up in the MARAD Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009.	Photo by Mike Hibbard
	93k	SS Cape Johnson left, SS Cape Nome left center, SS Cape Juby right center, and SS Cape Alexander right, laid up in the MARAD Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009.	Photo by Mike Hibbard
	92k	From right to left; SS Cape Johnson left, SS Cape Nome and SS Cape Juby laid up in the MARAD Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009.	Photo by Mike Hibbard
	87k	SS Cape Johnson and SS Cape Nome laid up in the MARAD Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009.	Photo by Mike Hibbard