The SS ''Cape Inscription'' (AKR-5076) was originally launched in 1975 as the SS ''Maine'', a
Type C7 commercial ship. The States SS company took the first contract in 1976 and it operated until January 29, 1979, when it was purchased by Whitney National Bank (now
Hancock Bank
Hancock Whitney Corp. is a bank holding company headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi. It operates 237 branches in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The bank is the official bank of the New Orleans Saints and issues the offici ...
), it was then leased to
Lykes Brothers Lykes Brothers Inc, is a corporation founded by the Lykes Family of Tampa, Florida, in 1910. This family would become the largest landowners in Florida, the ninth largest landowners in the United States and the wealthiest in Tampa Bay.
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steamship company and renamed the SS ''Tyson Lykes'' on February 23, 1979. On October 20 the Lykes Brothers purchased the ship from the Whitney National Bank. Later on September 1987 the ship was reacquired from its commercial roles and brought back under military control under the Maritime Administration and renamed the SS ''Cape Inscription''. Since then it has been kept in ready reserve status and used occasionally for heavy lifting operations to European theaters to have the equipment air-lifted to active engagements.
External links
* http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=38 Ship's official page on Military Sealift Command
* http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/545076.htm Ship photo index NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
* http://wikimapia.org/5155486/SS-Cape-Isabel-AKR-5062-SS-Cape-Inscription-AKR-5076 Wikimapia site
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Ships built in Bath, Maine
1975 ships
Cape I-class cargo ships