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MV American Condor (AKR-9673)

Cape D Class Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as MV Zenit Express at the Kockuma AB Shipyard, Sweden
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered for commercial service, 31 March 1981, to Lara Johansson
  • Sold by Lara Johansson, 5 November 1984, to American Automar Corp., renamed M/S Kuwait Express
  • Sold by American Automar Corp, 14 April 1986, to American Transport Line
  • Acquired by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), date unknown, renamed MV American Condor
  • Assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF)
  • When activated MV American Condor (AKR-9673) was one of the Maritime Administrations Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office
  • Withdrawn for the MARAD Ready Reserve Force, date unknown, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,220 t.(lt) 34,617 t.(lt)
    Length 681'
    Beam 97'
    Draft 37' (max)
    Speed 16.2 kts.
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 27
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Propulsion diesel, twin shafts
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    Commercial Service
    American Condor 63k MV Kuwait Express underway, date and location unknown. .
    American Condor 56k MV Zenit Express underway, date and location unknown. .
    American Condor (AKR-9673) - MARAD RRF
    American Condor 58k MV American Condor (AKR-9673) underway, date and location unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
    American Condor 60k MV American Condor (AKR-9673) underway, date and location unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
    American Condor 60k MV American Condor (AKR-9673) approaching Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 10 October 1987. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    American Condor 43k MV American Condor (AKR-9673) underway, date and location unknown. .
    There is no DANFS history for MV American Condor (AKR-9673) at NavSource
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