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T-AK-5039 Cape Clear

Cape C Class Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1963 as SS Mayo Lykes a Maritime Administration type (C3-S-37c) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 117) at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched in 1962-63
  • Delivered to Lykes Bros. SS Co., 14 November 1963
  • Reacquired by the Maritime Administration, 31 July 1984 and laid up in reserve as part of the Maritime Administrations National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Renamed SS Cape Clear in September 1985
  • When activated Cape Clear (T-AK-5039) 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
  • Cape Clear (T-AK-5039 was actived during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91 by the Military Sealift Command.
  • Downgraded from the RRF (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 June 2007, for $537,726 to Esco Marine, Brownsville TX.
    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
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    Cape Clear 163k SS Mayo Lykes launching in 1962/'63 at Bethlehem, Sparrows Point, MD. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    ex-MARAD
    Cape Clear 98k Ex-Cape Clear (T-AK-5039) arriving at Esco Marine, Brownsville TX., 28 July 2007, for scrapping.
    © 2007 Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX.    		 Douglas Brown
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