Name SS Nevada Laid down July 28, 1975 Renamed SS Cape Isabel Launched 15 May 1976 Draft 9.754 m Builder Bath Iron Works | Owner Sea Lift Command Acquired June 9, 1986 Construction started 28 July 1975 Length 200 m Beam 31 m | |
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Status Laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in a layberth at Long Beach, CA. in ROS-5 status | ||
The SS Cape Isabel (AKR-5062) was originally launched in 1976 as the SS Nevada, a Type C7 commercial ship. The States SS company took the first contract in 1976 and it operated until it was transferred to Lykes Brothers steamship company and renamed the SS Charles Lykes. Later the ship was reacquired from its commercial roles and brought back under military control via the Maritime Administration and renamed the Cape Isabel. Since then it has been kept in ready reserve status and used occasionally for heavy lifting operations to European theaters to have equipment air-lifted to active engagements. It has heavily participated in Operation Enduring Freedom ferrying goods across the Atlantic to staging points in Europe.
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