SS ''Cape Flattery'' (AK-5070) was laid down on 10 February 1972, as SS ''Delta Norte'' a Maritime Administration type (
C9-S-81d
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) hull under
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contract (MA 259) at
Avondale Industries Corp.,
, LA. She was launched, 19 May 1973 and delivered to the Maritime Administration, 12 September 1973, for operation by Delta Line. She was reacquired by the Maritime Administration for assignment to the
ready reserve fleet
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(RRF), 14 May 1987 and berthed at
Beaumont
Beaumont may refer to:
Places Canada
* Beaumont, Alberta
* Beaumont, Quebec
England
* Beaumont, Cumbria
* Beaumont, Essex
**Beaumont Cut, a canal closed in the 1930s
* Beaumont Street, Oxford
France (communes)
* Beaumont, Ardèche
* Be ...
, TX as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet. When activated ''Cape Flattery'' is assigned to
Military Sealift Command
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(MSC) as one of the Military Sealift Command's four LASH Ready Reserve Force Ships. ''Cape Flattery'' can be activated in 10 days
See also
* sister ship
References
SS ''Cape Flattery'' (AK-5070)*
External links
National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory
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Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana
1973 ships