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SS Cape Nome (AK-1014)

AK-578 Class Cargo Ship:

Laid down, 26 September 1969, as SS Mormacstar, a Maritime Administration type (C5-S-78a) hull (Roll-on/Roll-off Container Ship) under Maritime Administration contract (MA 223) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to Moore-McCormack Lines, New York

Sold to American Export, Isbrandsten Lines, Inc., 19 October 1970, renamed SS Red Jacket

Sold to Mediterranean Marine Lines, Inc., 31 August 1977

Sold to Farrell Lines, Inc., 28 March 1978

Sold to United States Lines, 4 March 1982, renamed SS American Rapid

Chartered to the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC), 9 April 1982

Sold while under charter to MSC to Central Gulf Lines, 18 January 1984, renamed SS Rapid

Returned to MARAD by MSC, substituted for SS Rover

Assigned to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), 6 March 1987

Renamed SS Cape Nome, 12 February 1988

Berthed in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis, VA. as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet

Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as Cape Nome (AK-1014)

Cape Nome (AK-1014) is one of the Military Sealift Command's two Ready Reserve Force Ships and can be activated in 10 days

Removed from the MARAD RRF, 3 April 2002, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Specifications:
Displacement 12,286 t.(lt), 27,980 t.(fl)
Length 602'
Beam 90'
Draft 34' (max.)
Speed 18.7 kts.
Full Operating Complement 25 Civilian Mariners
Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
	58k	SS American Rapid moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in December 1983 while in under charter to MSC from the United States Lines.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	56k	SS Rapid moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in August 1985 while in commercial service for Gulf Central Line.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
US Maritime Commission RRF
	61k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	MSC web site
	46k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	87k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	89k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	118k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	118k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	76k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	93k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	115k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	88k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
	100k	*SS Cape Nome* (T-AK-1014)** underway, date and location unknown.	Maritime Administration
MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
	25k	*SS Cape Nome* (AK-1014), left, and SS Cape Lambert (AKR 5077)**, right, moored in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown.	Maritime Administration
	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