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'''The ''M/V American Tern'' (T-AK-4729)''' is a [[container ship]] owned by APL Maritime, LTD. Since 2002, the ''American Tern'' has been chartered by the [[U.S. Navy]] [[Military Sealift Command]]. She is contracted through 2010 to make resupply voyages to [[McMurdo Station]] in [[Antarctica]] and [[Thule Air Base]] in [[Greenland]].<ref>http://www.newzeal.com/theme/Ships/US/americantern.htm</ref> The vessel is appropriately named after the [[Tern]], a species of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic. |
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[[Image:MV American Tern at McMurdo Sound.jpg|thumb|left|''American Tern'' unloading containers at McMurdo Station]] |
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| Displacement: | 8,650 tons |
| Length: | 521 feet |
| Beam: | 76 feet |
| Draft: | 33 feet |
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| Speed: | 16 knots |
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| Complement: | 21 contract mariners |
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The M/V American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship owned by APL Maritime, LTD. Since 2002, the American Tern has been chartered by the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command. She is contracted through 2010 to make resupply voyages to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and Thule Air Base in Greenland.[2] The vessel is appropriately named after the Tern, a species of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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