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MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711)

International Radio Call Sign:
Kilo - Alpha - Foxtrot - Delta KAFD

Cape T Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:

Laid down in 1977 as MV Rheinfels, location unknown, for Hansa Lines, Bermen, Germany

Launched, 19 July 1977

Delivered for commercial service, 7 December 1977

Sold to Anker Shipping GmbH, an affiliate of DDG Hansa, Bremen, 13 October 1980

Ownership passed to a Hamburg bank, December 1980

Ownership passed in 1981 to Ch. F. Ahrenkiel, Hamburg, renamed MV Norefjord

Ownership passed in July 1981 to Heyo Janssen, Leer, Germany, renamed MV Radbod, reflagged Panamanian

Put into custody at Rotterdam and auctioned off in September 1987 to a group of German banks, and resold to Argentinean interests

Resold in November 1987 to Vericaribe CA, and renamed MV Santos, Panama flagged

Chartered to Kent Line in May 1990, renamed MV Canadian Forest

Resold to Conro Shipping Ltd., Panama in September 1991, renamed MV Santos

Ownership passed in 1993 to South American Shipping Co.,, tonnage date rearranged and modified and vessel was retransferred to Conro Shipping Ltd., Panama

Acquired, 15 November 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed MV Cape Trinity, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force

When activated MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office

Cape Trinity is laid up in a layberth at Houston, TX. in ROS-5 status

Specifications:
Displacement 9,687 t.(lt) 24,555 t.(fl)
Length 634' 3"
Beam 88' 7"
Draft 28' 3"
Speed 15.7 kts.
Complement 27 civilian mariners
Armament none
Propulsion diesel, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
	80k	MV Radbod moored at Bremerhaven, Germany in February 1983.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
MV Cape Trinity (AKR-9711) - MARAD RRF
	65k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside with an unidentified Ready Reserve Force AKR, date and place unknown. MARAD photo.	US Maritime Administration
	83k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	94k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	103k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside with her stern ramp down, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	88k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside, while vehicles and other equipment are loaded/unloaded, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	86k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside, while vehicles and other equipment are loaded/unloaded, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	68k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside while a crane loads her open deck with containers, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	101k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside with her open deck loaded with containers, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	58k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** moored pierside, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	100k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711)** underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	256k	*MV Cape Trinity* (AKR-9711) off-loading battle-worn equipment from Poland’s 12th Mechanized Division at the Baltic Sea port of Szczecin, Poland. This was Cape Trinity**’s ninth cargo operation supporting Polish troops in Iraq. MSC photo.	Robert Hurst