CAPE KENNEDY (AKR-5083)


c5c395ae-de4a-4b38-a63f-543e187ae5dc.JPG
Cape Kennedy, underway. Date and location unknown. MARAD photo.
Year Built
1978
Official Number
7714636
Shipyard
Nippon Kokan
General Type
Roll On - Roll Off (RO/RO)
Specific Type
Roll On/Roll Off
MARAD Type
--
Ship Length
695.90 feet
Beam
105.77 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
11698.00 tons
Gross Tons
21144.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
110184.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
35.20 tons
Draft, Lightweight
15.10 tons
Displacement, Summer
44466.00 tons
Displacement, Lightweight
15718.00 tons
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Still in Govt. Service

Historical Narrative



There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.

Vessel Name History


1978 - 1995: Nedlloyd Rosario
1995 - present: Cape Kennedy (AKR-5083)



Vessel Name History

CAPE KENNEDY (AKR-5083)

NEDLLOYD ROSARIO

Mission
Mission Name
Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom
Historical Documents

No documents for this vessel


Milestones


Event Date Content
Ship Name Change
8/10/1995 Ship NEDLLOYD ROSARIO changes name to CAPE KENNEDY
Entry
8/10/1995
Acquisition
8/10/1995 ex NEDLLOYD ROSARIO
Interim Movement
6/11/1996
Interim Movement
3/20/1997 ENRTE: St Maurice Street Wharf
Interim Movement
3/20/1997 At St Maurice Street Wharf
Vessel Activation
3/25/1997 Conducting sea trial to Poland St. Wharf
Vessel Activation
3/28/1997 Completed sea trial at Poland St. Wharf
Interim Movement
8/10/1998 ENRTE: Avondale S/Y in New Orleans LA
Interim Movement
8/10/1998 At Avondale S/Y for drydocking
Interim Movement
8/31/1998 ENRTE: Poland St. Wharf
Interim Movement
8/31/1998 Completed repairs at Avondale S/Y
Vessel Activation
9/3/1998 Conducting M&R sea trial
Vessel Activation
9/5/1998 Completed sea trial at Poland St. Wharf
Vessel Activation
6/24/1999 Conducting Turbo Activation sea trial
Vessel Activation
6/27/1999 Completed Turbo Activation sea trial
Interim Movement
1/20/2000 Sedre Dragon Ex/MSC OPCON/ENRTE:Jax FL
Interim Movement
1/23/2000 Loading cargo
Interim Movement
1/26/2000 ENRTE: Beaumont TX w/ETA 01/30/00
Interim Movement
1/30/2000 Return to NOLA after discharging cargo
Interim Movement
1/31/2000 ENRTE: New Orleans LA
Interim Movement
2/3/2000 Sedre Dragon Ex completed / MARAD OPCON
Vessel Activation
4/23/2001 Conducting Annual Maintenance Sea Trial
Vessel Activation
4/26/2001 Completed Annual Maitenance Sea Trial
Interim Movement
12/5/2001 Move to Erato St. Wharf for D-Day events
Interim Movement
12/5/2001 At Erato Street Wharf for D-Day events
Interim Movement
12/10/2001 ENRTE: Poland St. Wharf
Interim Movement
12/10/2001 Returned from D-Day events
Vessel Activation
6/14/2002 Conducting maintenance sea trial
Vessel Activation
6/16/2002 Completed sea trial
Vessel Activation
1/22/2003 Activation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Interim Movement
1/30/2003 OP Enduring Freedom | MSC OPCON 01/26/03
Interim Movement
5/5/2003 Return f/ OP IRAQI FREEDOM | MARAD OPCON
Interim Movement
8/4/2003 Under tow to Tamp Bay SB for drydocking
Interim Movement
8/4/2003 In for drydocking
Vessel Activation
8/25/2003 Conducting sea trial to NOLA
Vessel Activation
8/29/2003 Completed drydocking and sea trial
Vessel Activation
2/9/2004 Commencing OIF II | MSC OPCON 02/09/04
Vessel Activation
6/22/2004 Return from OIF II | MARAD OPCON 06/22/04
Vessel Activation
11/30/2004 Activated for OIF III | MSC OPCON
Vessel Activation
5/28/2005 Returned from OIF | MARAD OPCON
Vessel Activation
2/27/2006 Commencing OIF 06-08 | MSC OPCON 02/26/06
Interim Movement
3/1/2006 Loading cargo
Interim Movement
3/3/2006 ENRTE: Norfolk, VA to unload cargo
Interim Movement
3/8/2006 Unloading cargo
Interim Movement
3/9/2006 Completed cargo ops for OIF
Interim Movement
5/7/2006 Arrived in Jacksonville, FL
Interim Movement
5/10/2006 Departed Jacksonville, FL
Interim Movement
5/25/2006 Return from OIF 06-08 mission
Depart
8/24/2007 "Underway from New Orleans, LA and under MSC OPCON for OIF 07-09."
Arrival
11/10/2007 "Completed OIF 07-09 and tendered back to MARAD OPCON in New Orleans, LA."
Interim Movement
12/30/2008 Departed New Orleans, LA at 0644 to arrive at Detyns Shipyard.
Interim Movement
1/2/2009 Arrived at Detyns Shipyard, in Charleston, SC.
Vessel Activation
2/1/2009 Departed for Sea Trial at the conclusion of her Dry-dock period.
Interim Movement
2/3/2009 Return from Drydock at Detyens Shipyard in Charleston, SC.
Vessel Activation
3/27/2014 Conducting post drydock sea trial.
Vessel Activation
4/3/2014 Completed post drydock sea trial.
Vessel Activation
9/6/2016 Conducting no notice turbo activation.
Vessel Activation
9/15/2016 Completed turbo activation.

Ship Imagery




Status Cards



Documents


No documents for this vessel


Plans


No documents for this vessel


Shipwreck Information


Vessel Information
Owner
--

Operator
--

Operator Agreement
Unknown

Flag State
--

Incident Information
Incident Date
--

Use at Loss
--

Cause
Still in Govt. Service

Cause Comments
--

Conflict
--

Location of Incident
--

Accuracy of Incident Location
--

Lat/Long
--

Incident Location Comments
--

Lives Lost
--