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MV Cape Taylor (AKR-113)

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

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

Launched, date unknown

Delivered for commercial service, date unknown

Renamed MV Cygnus, date unknown

Renamed MV ASL Cygnus Thakwini, date unknown

Acquired, 19 August 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed MV Cape Taylor, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force

When activated MV Cape Taylor (AKR-113) 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

MV Cape Taylor 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
	680k	MV Rabenfels underway, date and location unknown.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	207k	MV Cygnus moored in a port in Norway, date and location unknown.	Robert Guttman
0954011312	175k	An embankment compacter is rolled off the cargo ship MV Cygnus. It will be used by West Virginia Army National Guard for building roads during Task Force III, a civic action program in which the guard is also providing health and veterinary services for residents of the Puenta Grande area of Honduras, 1 March 1988. U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD. Identifier: 6446680, by Steven Heise.	Robert Hurst
MV Cape Taylor (AKR-113) - MARAD RRF
	64k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MSC web site
	85k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113) passes MV Cape Texas (AKR-112)** (foreground) on her way out of Corpus Christi. Both ships were activated from the Maritime Administrations Fleet at Houston, Texas, in January 2003 to carry cargo to the Middle East. US Maritime Administration photo	MARAD
	113k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** underway, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	32k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** moored while loading vehicles, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	29k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** underway after loading vehicles, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	29k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	32k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** moored pierside while loading vehicles, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	34k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site
	34k	*MV Cape Taylor* (AKR-113)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Maritime Administration photo.	MARAD web site