C. V. LIGHTNING
Flickertail State (T-ACS-5) at sea. Location and date unknown. MARAD photo.
Year Built
1969
Official Number
518063
Shipyard
Bath Iron Works Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
C5-S-73b
Ship Length
610.00 feet
Beam
78.00 feet
Mast Height
131.00 feet
Net Tons
12460.00 tons
Gross Tons
17930.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
63645.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
31.60 tons
Draft, Lightweight
17.90 tons
Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
86.00 tons
Immersion, Lightweight
72.00 tons
Fate
Still in Govt. Service
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
1969 - 1987: C. V. Lightning
1987 - present: Flickertail State
Vessel Name History
Mission
| Mission Name |
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| Operations Desert Shield/Storm/Sortie |
Historical Documents
No documents for this vessel
Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
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Entry
| 2/5/1981 | |
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Vessel Name Change
| 9/1/1987 | Ship CV LIGHTNING changes name to FLICKERTAIL STATE |
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Interim Movement
| 7/4/1997 | Conducting sea trial to Norfolk VA |
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| 7/5/1997 | Sea trial completedMSC OPCON 07/05/97 |
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| 7/14/1997 | "Conducting JCS Exercise ""JTFLEX 97-3""" |
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| 7/14/1997 | At Fort Story anchorage |
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| 7/21/1997 | ENRTE: Newport News VA |
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| 7/21/1997 | Completed JCS Ex.MARAD OPCON 07/22/97 |
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| 2/25/1998 | Under tow to NORSHIPCO for drydocking |
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| 2/25/1998 | Entering drydock at NORSHIPCO |
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| 3/23/1998 | Under tow to Newport News VA |
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| 3/23/1998 | Returned from drydocking at NORSHIPCO |
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| 6/4/1998 | Maintenance activation and sea trial |
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| 6/5/1998 | Completed sea trial |
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| 9/30/1998 | Shifting to Cheatham Annex |
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| 9/30/1998 | At new outport/homeport berth |
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| 2/23/1999 | Shifting to temp outport Neport New VA |
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| 2/23/1999 | At temporary outport berth |
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| 3/5/1999 | Returning to Cheatham Annex |
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| 3/5/1999 | Returned from temporary outport |
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| 6/4/1999 | No Notice Turbo Activation 99-3 |
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| 6/6/1999 | Completed Activation sea trial |
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| 6/23/1999 | Temp move to make room for MPS vessel |
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| 6/23/1999 | At temporary layberth |
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| 6/29/1999 | ENRTE: Cheatham Annex following temp mov |
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| 6/29/1999 | |
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| 2/22/2000 | Under tow to NORSHIPCO |
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| 2/22/2000 | At NORSHIPCO for boiler repairs |
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| 3/24/2000 | Under tow to Cheatham Annex |
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| 3/24/2000 | Completed boiler repairs at NORSHIPCO |
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| 5/13/2000 | Temp move to accomodate MSC PREPO ship |
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| 5/13/2000 | At 23Rd St pier at Newport News VA |
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| 5/23/2000 | Tow back to Cheatham Annex VA |
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| 5/23/2000 | Returned from temporary layberth |
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| 3/26/2001 | Sea trial to Norfolk and to load cargo |
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| 3/27/2001 | Sea trial complete / MSC OPCON |
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| 4/7/2001 | ENRTE: Pearl Harbor HI |
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| 4/25/2001 | |
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| 4/25/2001 | ENRTE: Chinhae South Korea w/ETA 5/6/01 |
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| 5/5/2001 | |
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| 6/18/2001 | ENRTE: Pusan South Korea |
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| 6/19/2001 | |
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| 6/23/2001 | ENRTE: San Francisco CA w/ETA 07/03/01 |
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| 7/6/2001 | Receiving sea trial team |
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| 7/6/2001 | ENRTE: Port Hueneme CA for bunkers |
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| 7/6/2001 | In for bunkers |
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| 7/8/2001 | ENRTE: San Diego CA |
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| 7/8/2001 | |
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| 7/10/2001 | ENRTE: Norfolk VA w/ETA 07/21/01 |
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| 7/21/2001 | Discharging JLOTS cargo |
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| 7/26/2001 | ENRTE: Cheatham Annex VA |
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| 7/26/2001 | MARAD OPCON 07/27/2001 |
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| 2/21/2002 | ENRTE: Newport News VA to Pier 23 |
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| 2/21/2002 | New homeport is Newport News VA |
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| 9/25/2002 | Under tow to Cheatham Annex | Crane test |
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| 9/25/2002 | Performing hydraulic crane tests |
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| 2/1/2003 | |
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| 2/2/2003 | |
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| 4/14/2003 | Conducting sea trial |
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| 4/15/2003 | Completed sea trial from repairs |
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| 9/29/2003 | Turbo Activation 03-6 and exercise |
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Interim Movement
| 10/5/2003 | Completed Turbo Activation S/T 03-6 |
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Interim Movement
| 2/4/2004 | Shift to NOB Norfolk|MSC OPCON 02/04/04 |
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| 2/4/2004 | Loading cargo for JLOTS NEW HORIZONS Ex |
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| 2/9/2004 | Commencing JLOTS NEW HORIZONS Exercise |
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Interim Movement
| 2/13/2004 |
Ship Imagery
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Documents
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Plans
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Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
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Operator Agreement
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Incident Information
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Cause
Still in Govt. Service
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