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MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678)

Cape R Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1977 as MV Seaspeed Arabia by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Placed in commercial service, date unknown, by RO-RO Charterers Corp.
  • Renamed MV Saudi Riyadh, date unknown
  • Acquired, 9 August 1993, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
  • Renamed MV Cape Rise, 1 February 1994
  • Assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Ready Reserve Force, 21 November 1994, as MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678)
  • Operated under contract by Keystone Shipping Co., Bala Cynwyd, PA.
  • When activated MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) 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 Rise is maintained in a layberth at Portsmouth, VA. in ROS-5
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,872 t.(lt) 35,357 t.(fl)
    Length 648'
    Beam 105' 6"
    Draft 33' (max)
    Speed 17.6 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 132,209 sq. ft.
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 25
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    two medium speed MAN V Diesel engines
    two shaft generators and two auxiliary generators
    two propellers, 17,350shp
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    Cape Ray 281k Aerial view of Moon Engineering Co. pier near Norfolk, VA. with various vessels tied up. From left to right is the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), the Maritime Administration Reserve Force Ships MV Cape Race (AKR-9960), MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679) and MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678)
    US Navy photo # 950122-N-ZZ999-101 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 22, 1995) by Robert J. Sitar.    		 Lee Wahler
    Cape Ray 32k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) and MV Cape Ray. (AKR-9679) moored at Moon Engineering Co, at Norfolk, VA. 13 December 2013
    US Navy photo.    		 Ron Reeves
    Cape Rise 63k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) departing Hampton Roads, VA, date unknown
    US Navy photo    		 MSC Web Site
    Cape Race 67k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 19 January 1996 Photo by Daniel Ferro
    Cape Rise 39k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo    		 MARAD
    Cape Rise 61k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) getting underway at Newport News, VA., date unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo    		 MARAD
    Cape Rise 51k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo    		 MARAD
    Cape Rise 73k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Maritime Administration photo    		 MARAD
    Cape Rise 256k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) in her layberth at Portsmouth, VA. date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Cape Rise 202k
    Cape Rise 152k MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) approaching the Rainbow Bridges at Port Arthur, TX., 7 November 2014 Photos by Chris Holley
    Cape Rise 268k
    Cape Rise 168k Left to right; MV Cape Race (AKR-9960),
    MV Cape Ray (AKR-9679 and
    MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) moored pierside in their layberths at Portsmouth, VA., 22 September 2017    		 Photos by Hugh Hudson III
    Cape Rise 203k
    Cape Rise 194k
    There is no DANFS history for MV Cape Rise (AKR-9678) at NavSource
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