MV American Tern
_200601.jpg) MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
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| History | |
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| Name | list error: <br /> list (help) Serenity (1990–1996) Kariba (1996–1997) Torm Africa (1997–1999) Kariba (1999–2000) Lykes Flyer (2000) Kariba (2000) Kota Agung (2000–2002) Kariba (2002–2002) American Tern (2002–2011) Tern (2011) |
| Builder | VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, Germany [1] |
| Launched | 1990[1] |
| Out of service | 2010 |
| Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Callsign WAHF IMO number: 8908088 MMSI number: 369113000 |
| Status | Scrapped in 2010 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | Container ship |
| Displacement | 8,650 long tons (8,789 t) |
| Length | 521 ft (159 m) |
| Beam | 76 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 21 contract mariners |
MV American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship managed by APL Maritime, Ltd. Formerly the Liberian-flagged MV Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern under the United States flag in 2002. Since then, the American Tern has been chartered by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was contracted through 2010 to make resupply voyages to McMurdo Station in Antarctica (Operation Deep Freeze) and Thule Air Base in Greenland (Operation Pacer Goose).[1] The vessel is named after the Tern, a type of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
References
- ^ a b c Wiedner, Steffen. "MV American Tern" (PDF). Merchant Ships International. Retrieved 18 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "MV American Tern (T-AK 4729)". Military Sealift Command - Ship Inventory. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
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