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MV Cape Edmont (AKR-5069)

International Radio Call Sign:
Kilo - Golf - Tango - Echo KGTE

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

Built in 1971 as the Swedish flagged MV Paralla, at Eriksberg, M/V A/V Sweden

Launched, date unknown

Delivered for mercantile service, in January 1971, to Rederi A/B Transatlantic

Purchased by the Automar IV Corp., 7 July 1986, reflagged US

Renamed MV Cape Edmont

Sold by the Automar IV Corp., 20 April 1987, to the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration

Assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force as MV Cape Edmont (AKR-5069)

When activated MV Cape Edmont (AKR-5069) is assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) as one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to MSC

MV Cape Edmont is laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in a layberth at Charleston, S.C. in ROS-5 status

Specifications:
Displacement 12,000 t.(lt) 32,543 t.(fl)
Length 682'
Beam 94'
Draft 31' (max)
Speed 15.7 kts.

Complement

Fully Operational Status 27

Reduced Operational Status 9

Armament none

Propulsion one slow speed diesel engine, single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	269k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069) moored outboard of MV Cape Isabel (AKR-5062)** at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR. in 1987 Photo the late Alex Wood.	Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
	82k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	88k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** underway, date and location unknown./font>	US Maritime Administration
	73k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** underway, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	86k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** underway, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	118k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** underway, date and place unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	133k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069)** getting underway with the assistance of tugs, date and location unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	43k	*MV Cape Vincent* (AKR-9666) steams past MV Cape Edmont (AKR-5069)** at Corinto, Nicaragua. They were two of the four Ready Reserve ships actived to provide hurricane relief to Central America in October 1998.	US Maritime Administration
0954506908	125k	*MV Cape Edmont* (AKR-5069) arriving at the port of Agadir, Morocco, 29 February 2020. Cape Edmont** , operated by Merchant Marines from the U.S. Department of Transportation, carried nearly 7,000 tons of military equipment for use in African Lion 20, the largest exercise in Africa. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service photo	US Maritime Administration

There is no DANFS history for MV Cape Edmont (AKR-5069)

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