Out of service 2010 Type Container ship Length 159 m | Status Scrapped in 2010 Launched 1990 Builders Neptun Werft, Rostock | |
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Name Serenity (1990–1996)
Kariba (1996–1997)
Torm Africa (1997–1999)
Kariba (1999–2000)
Lykes Flyer (2000)
Kariba (2000)
Kota Agung (2000–2002)
Kariba (2002–2002)
American Tern (2002–2011)
Tern (2011) Identification Callsign WAHF
IMO number 8908088
MMSI number 369113000 Displacement 8,650 long tons (8,789 t) | ||
MV American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship managed by APL Maritime, Ltd. Formerly the Liberian-flagged MV Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern under the United States flag in 2002. Since then, the American Tern has been chartered by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was contracted through 2010 to make resupply voyages to McMurdo Station in Antarctica (Operation Deep Freeze) and Thule Air Base in Greenland (Operation Pacer Goose). The vessel is named after the Tern, a species of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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