SS Cape Mendocino
{{Short description|US naval ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=300px | Ship caption= SS Cape Mendocino (T-AKR-5064) - Doctor Lykes }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | Ship flag= {{USN flag}} | Ship name=SS Doctor Lykes | Ship owner=United States Maritime Administration | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts | Ship laid down= 15 July 1970 | Ship launched=10 October 1971 | Ship acquired= 21 June 1972 | Ship commissioned= | Ship renamed=SS Cape Mendocino in 1986 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= |Ship identification=*{{IMO|7117292}}
| Ship fate= | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Heavy Lift Barge Carrier | Ship displacement=18,900 tons empty, 55,660 full | Ship length=876 ft | Ship beam=106 ft | Ship draft= 40 ft | Ship propulsion=two steam turbines, two shafts | Ship speed=16.2 kts. | Ship capacity=24 barges, 19 CAFS | Ship range=not disclosed | Ship complement=34 when operational, 9 while in reserve | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=none |Ship time to activate=5 days | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities=Capable of landing a helicopter but not basing one | Ship notes= }} |
SS Cape Mendocino (T-AKR-5064) is a steam turbine powered heavy-lift Seabee barge carrier, one of three ships of her type in the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force.
She was originally built as the Maritime Administration type (C8-S-82a) hull SS Doctor Lykes, under a MARAD contract (for commercial use with the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company. She was laid down on 15 July 1970, at the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, MA, launched on 10 October 1971, and delivered for service on 21 June 1972.
Cape Mendocino is used in various tasks for the US military in heavy transport of goods in various theaters of action. In October 2011 she was moved from the James River Reserve Fleet to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet. [http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/54/545064.htm NavSource SS Cape Mendocino (AKR-5064) ][http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1539882 shipspotting.com, SS Cape Mendocino ]
See also
- {{SS|Cape Mohican|T-AKR-5065}} sister ship
References
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External links
- {{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AKR5063}}}}
- [http://navysite.de/akr/index.html Vehicle Cargo Ships - AKR]
{{Cape M class heavy lift ships}}
{{Type C8 ships}}
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Category:Cape M-class heavy lift ships
Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
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