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SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064)


Cape M Class Heavy Lift Barge Carrier:
  • Laid down, 15 July 1970, as SS Doctor Lykes, a Maritime Administration type (C8-S-82a) hull, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 241) at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA
  • Launched, 10 July 1971
  • Delivered for mercantile service, 21 June 1972 to Lykes Bros Steamship Co.
  • Purchased from Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., 6 October 1986, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
  • Renamed SS Cape Mendocino
  • Assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF) as SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064)
  • SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) was one of the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) 3 Heavy Lift Barge Carriers and one of the 63 ships of the Sealift Program Office.
  • Cape Mendocino was deactivated, 10 October 2008 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Moved from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group to the National Defense Reserve Fleet Beaumont TX. Group, for disposal, 15 October 2011
    Specifications:
    Displacement 18,900 t.(lt) 55,660 t.(lt)
    Length 876'
    Beam 106'
    Draft 40' (max)
    Speed 16.2 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 24 barges, 19 CAFS
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 34
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    two steam turbines
    two shafts

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    Merchant Service USA Lykes Bros. SS Co.
    Cape Mendocino
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    140k Christening of Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes by Miss Ashley Lykes, 10 July 1971, at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA. Dale Hargrave
    Cape Mendocino
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    278k Launching of Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes , 10 July 1971, at General Dynamics Shipyard, Quincy MA. Dale Hargrave
    Cape Mendocino 264k Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes moored to a buoy, circa 1972, location unknown.
    © Alex Duncan
    Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Mendocino 1024k Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes arriving at Bremerhaven, Germany in July 1972. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Mendocino 885k Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes working cargo at Bremerhaven, Germany in July 1972. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Mendocino
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    780k Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes arriving at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, circa 1973. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Cape Mendocino 111k Lykes Bros. Cargoliner SS Doctor Lykes underway, date and location unknown.
    Photos courtesy www.photoship.co.uk/
    Mike Hibbard
    Cape Mendocino 48k
    SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) - MARAD RRF
    Cape Mendocino 38k SS Cape Mendocino (AK-5064) moored at her layberth, probably at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group. Fort Eustis, VA., date unknown. Maritime Administration
    Cape Mendocino
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    72k SS Cape Mendocino (AK-5064) underway in 1986, location unknown.
    U.S. Maritime Administration photo.
    Robert Hurst
    SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) - MARAD
    Cape Mendocino 51k From left to right; SS Cape Mendocino ex USS Shenandoah (AD-44) and ex USS Sylvania (AFS-2), rafted together in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 8 April 2009 Photo by Mike Hibbard
    Cape Mendocino 103k
    Cape Farewell 271k Ships moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 2 November 2014. From left to right: SS Cape Florida (AK-5071), SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073), SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070) and SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) Photo by Chris Holley
    Cape Mendocino 254k SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) moored in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 2 November 2014 between SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070) and SS Diamond State (ACS-7). Photo by Chris Holley

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