American container ship
American Tern (T-AK-4729)
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History |
United States |
Name |
- Serenity (1990–1996)
- Kariba (1996–1997)
- Torm Africa (1997–1999)
- Kariba (1999–2000)
- Lykes Flyer (2000)
- Kariba (2000)
- Kota Agung (2000–2002)
- Kariba (2002)
- American Tern (2002–2011)
- Tern (2011)
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Builder | VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock, Germany
[1] |
Launched | 16 December 1989 |
Out of service | 2010 |
Identification | |
Fate | Scrapped in 2010 |
General characteristics [2] |
Type | Container ship |
Tonnage | 13,382 gt
17,175 dwt |
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. Formerly the Liberian-flagged 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 Pituffik Space 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.
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American Tern unloading containers at McMurdo Station
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American Tern being led into McMurdo Station, Antarctica, by the Russian icebreaker Krasin during Operation Deepfreeze, 2006
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American Tern and Russian icebreakers
References
http://www.cargo-vessels-international.at/MV_AMERICAN_TERN_IMO8908088.pdf
External links
Media related to MV American Tern (T-AK 4729) at Wikimedia Commons