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SS Cape Chalmers (AK-5036)

Cape C Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:

Laid down in 1961 as SS Adabelle Lykes a Maritime Administration type (C3-S-37c) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 115) at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD.

Launched in late 1962

Delivered to the Maritime Administration in 1963 for operation by Lykes Bros. SS Co.

Reacquired by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in 1984 and laid up in reserve as part of the MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet, renamed SS Cape Chalmers

SS Cape Chalmers was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force (RRF) as AK-5036

When activated SS Cape Chalmers (AK-5036) was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's Modular Cargo Delivery System Ready Reserve Force (RRF) Ships

Downgraded to the MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet from the RRF, 1 October 2001

Specifications:
Displacement 7,800 t.(lt) 19,800 t.(fl)
Length 494' 8"
Beam 68' 5"
Draft 19' 6"
Speed 16.5 kts.
Complement approximately 21
Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service Lykes Bros. SS. Co.
	577k	SS Adabelle Lykes launching at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD., circa 1962. Lykes Bros. SS Co. photo.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	378k	Newspaper photo of SS Adabelle Lykes departing the port of Bremen, Germany in July 1963 on her maiden voyage.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	587k	SS Adabelle Lykes moored pierside while working cargo at La Goulette, Tunisia, circa 1968. Lykes Bros. SS Co. photo.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
SS Cape Chalmers (AK-5036) - MSC RRF
	72k	*SS Cape Chalmers* (AK-5036)** moored, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	40k	*SS Cape Chalmers* (AK-5036)** and an unidentified breakbulk ship moored, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	83k	*SS Cape Chalmers* (AK-5036)** overhead view, moored, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
SS Cape Chalmers MARAD RRF
	1547k	SS Cape Chalmers passes Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum and *USS Yorktown* (CVS-10)** as she departs Charleston, S.C. under tow for the Broklin Shipyard in New York, 1 October 2011.	Photo by Manning J. Harvey III

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