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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.
'''The ''M/V American Tern'' (T-AK-4729)''' is a [[container ship]] managed by APL Maritime, LTD. Formerly the Liberian flagged ''M/V Kariba'', the vessel was renamed ''American Tern'' and reflagged to the [[United States]] in 2002. Since then, 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]] ([[Operation Deep Freeze]]) and [[Thule Air Base]] in [[Greenland]] (Operation Paser Goose).<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.
[[Image:MV American Tern at McMurdo Sound.jpg|thumb|left|''American Tern'' unloading containers at McMurdo Station]]
[[Image:MV American Tern at McMurdo Sound.jpg|thumb|left|''American Tern'' unloading containers at McMurdo Station]]


Revision as of 20:30, 18 May 2009

MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
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Built[1]: 1990, VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, Germany
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
Fate: Template:Ship fate box active in service
Struck:
General characteristics[2]
Displacement: 8,650 tons
Length: 521 feet
Beam: 76 feet
Draft: 33 feet
Propulsion:
Speed: 16 knots
Range:
Depth:
Complement: 21 contract mariners
Armament:

The M/V American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship managed by APL Maritime, LTD. Formerly the Liberian flagged M/V Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern and reflagged to the United States in 2002. Since then, 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 (Operation Deep Freeze) and Thule Air Base in Greenland (Operation Paser Goose).[3] The vessel is appropriately named after the Tern, a species of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

American Tern unloading containers at McMurdo Station
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References

  1. ^ http://www.merchantships-international.at/MV_AMERICAN_TERN_IMO8908088.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=americantern&type=ContainerShip
  3. ^ http://www.newzeal.com/theme/Ships/US/americantern.htm
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