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18k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) moored in the Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth, VA., date unknown MARAD photo |
US Maritime Administration | ||
280k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) moored at Moon Engineering Co, near Norfolk, VA. US Navy photo # 940826-N-ZZ999-101 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 26, 1994) by Don S. Montgomery. |
Lee Wahler | ||
32k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) and MV Cape Rise. (AKR-9678) moored at Moon Engineering Co, at Norfolk, VA. 13 December 2013 US Navy photo. |
Ron Reeves | ||
281k | Aerial view of Moon Engineering Co. pier at Norfolk, VA. with various vessels tied up. From left to right is the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), the Maritime Administration Reserve Force Ships
MV Cape Race (AKR-9660),
MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) and
MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) US Navy photo # 950122-N-ZZ999-101 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 22, 1995) by Robert J. Sitar. |
Lee Wahler | ||
28k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679), 7 December 2013, was leased by the Navy through U.S. Military Sea Lift Command to field a ship-borne chemical weapon disposal facility to neutralize of Syrian chemical weapons at sea. | Tommy Trampp | ||
155k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) departs General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard for sea trials. US Navy photo # 140110-N-WX580-095 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 10, 2014) by MC3 Lacordrick Wilson. |
Robert M. Cieri | ||
195k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) departs General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk shipyard for sea trials. US Navy photo # 140110-N-XB010-088 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 10, 2014) by MCSN Desmond Parks. |
Lee Wahler | ||
255k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) performs sea trials off the coast of Virginia prior to deploying to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Cape Ray is modified to dispose of Syrian chemical weapons in accordance with terms Syria agreed to in late 2013. US Navy photo # 130110-N-ZR315-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2014) by MC1 Isaiah Sellers. |
Lee Wahler | ||
140213-N-TM034-067 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) |
240k | MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain for a scheduled port visit. The vessel was modified to contribute to the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons joint mission to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons materials. US Navy photo #'s 140213-N-TM034-067 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) by MCC Mikel Bookwalter 140213-N-UI568-385 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) by Morgan Over 140213-N-TM034-066 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) by MCC Mikel Bookwalter |
Robert M. Cieri | |
140213-N-UI568-385 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) |
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140213-N-TM034-066 ROTA, Spain (Feb. 13, 2014) |
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187k | The Danish cargo ship MV Ark Futura transfers containers to MV Cape Ray (T-AKR 9679) at the Medcenter
Container Terminal, Gioia Tauro, Italy. Cape Ray is tasked with the neutralization of specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) guidelines while operating in international waters. US Navy photo # 140702-N-XB010-022 GIOIA TAURO, Italy (July 2, 2014) by MCSN Desmond Parks. |
Ron Reeves | ||
168k | Left to right;
MV Cape Race (AKR-9960), MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679 and MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) moored pierside in their layberths at Portsmouth, VA., 22 September 2017 |
Photos by Hugh Hudson III | ||
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