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19-1187: (Redirected from SS Delta Mar ) [REDACTED] SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073) History [REDACTED] United States Name SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073) Builder Avondale Industries Corp., New Orleans, LA Laid down 1973 Homeport Beaumont, Texas Identification IMO number :  7304792 MMSI number : 366059000 Callsign : KICF Fate Sold for scrap Status Arrived for scrapping at Brownsville, Texas on 15 June 2023 Notes Launched as SS Delta Mar General characteristics Class and type Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) Barge Carrier Displacement 57,150 tons Length 894 ft 0 in (272.49 m) Beam 100 ft 0 in (30.48 m) Draft 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m) Propulsion steam turbine, single propeller Speed 18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h) Capacity 89 barges Complement Full Operational Status: 31 civilian mariners Armament None Aviation facilities None SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073)

38-531: A certain size. SOLAS regulation XI-1/3 was adopted in 1994 and came into force on 1 January 1996, making IMO ship numbers mandatory for those countries that have ratified (or acceded to, accepted, approved, adopted, etc. ) SOLAS. The IMO scheme and hence SOLAS regulation does not apply to: In December 2002, the Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Security adopted a number of measures aimed at enhancing security of ships and port facilities. This included

57-474: A modification to SOLAS Regulation XI-1/3 to require the IMO ship numbers to be permanently marked in a visible place either on the ship's hull or superstructure as well as internally and on the ship's certificates. Passenger ships should also carry the marking on a horizontal surface visible from the air. The enhanced regulations came into effect on 1 July 2004. In May 2005, IMO adopted a new SOLAS regulation XI-1/3-1 on

76-531: A size limit of 12 metres in length overall (LOA), authorized to operate outside waters under the national jurisdiction of the flag State". IMO resolutions are "for implementation on a voluntary basis". Although not mandatory under SOLAS, since IMO ship numbers became available also to fishing vessels in 2013, some regional fisheries management organisations , the European Union and other organizations or states have made them mandatory for fishing vessels above

95-420: A unique permanent identification number. Lloyd's Register had already introduced permanent numbers for all the ships in their published register in 1963, and these were modified to seven-digit numbers in 1969. It is this number series that was adopted as the basis for IMO ship numbers in 1987. Unique and permanent numbers are needed due to the frequent changes in ships' names or other details. As one example,

114-439: Is made of the three letters "IMO" followed by a seven-digit number. This consists of a six-digit sequential unique number followed by a check digit . The integrity of an IMO number can be verified using its check digit. The checksum of an IMO ship identification number is calculated by multiplying each of the first six digits by a factor of 7 to 2 corresponding to their position from right to left. The rightmost digit of this sum

133-400: Is the check digit. Example for IMO 907472 9 : The checksum of an IMO company and registered owner identification number is calculated somewhat differently. The first six digits are multiplied by the respective weights: 8 , 6 , 4 , 2 , 9 , and 7 and then summed. From this sum modulo 11 is taken. The result of which is subtracted from 11. And modulo 10 of this difference results in

152-2141: The Naval Vessel Register , which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain . The entry can be found here . External links [ edit ] National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory Type C8 ships C8-S-81b LASH Italia LASH Turkiye LASH Espana Thomas E. Cuffe Golden Bear Pacific Bear Japan Bear China Bear LASH Atlantico LASH Pacifico Philippine Bear C8-S-82a Doctor Lykes Almeria Lykes Tillie Lykes v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs Cargo designs Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 ( Type C6 ) ( Type C7 ) ( Type C8 ) ( Type C9 ) Type N3 Emergency cargo Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1") Tanker T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3") Special-purpose Type S2 (" Tacoma -class frigate ") Type S3-S2-BP (" Landing Ship, Tank ") Type S3-S2-BP1 (" Neptune -class cable layer ") Type S4-S2-BB3 (" Casablanca -class escort carrier ") Type S4-SE2-BD1 (" Gilliam -class attack transport ") Type S4-SE2-BE1 (" Artemis -class attack cargo ship ") " Crane vessel - Derrick Barge " Miscellaneous-cargo Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge") Tugs Type V ("Tugs") See also:- Empire ship , Fort ship , Park ship , Ocean ship . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Cape_Farewell_(AK-5073)&oldid=1257781843 " Categories : Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana 1973 ships Hidden categories: IMO numbers MMSI Number Misplaced Pages articles incorporating text from

171-673: The Lykes Brothers Steamship Company . She was laid down on 15 July 1970, at the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division , MA, launched on 10 October 1971, and delivered for service on 21 June 1972. Cape Mendocino is used in various tasks for the US military in heavy transport of goods in various theaters of action. In October 2011 she was moved from the James River Reserve Fleet to

190-463: The IMO ship identification number, the company identification number is a seven-digit number with the prefix IMO. For example, for the ship Atlantic Star (IMO 8024026), IMO 5304986 referred to the former ship manager Pullmantur Cruises Ship Management Ltd and IMO 5364264 to her former owner, Pullmantur Cruises Empress Ltd. S&P Global is the manager of the scheme and, as such, identifies and assigns IMO numbers without charge. The organization

209-506: The Naval Vessel Register IMO number The IMO ship number scheme has been mandatory, for SOLAS signatories, for passenger and cargo ships above a certain size since 1996, and voluntarily applicable to various other vessels since 2013/2017. The number identifies a ship and does not change when the ship's owner, country of registry ( flag state ) or name changes, unlike the official numbers used in some countries, e.g.

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228-467: The UK. The ship's certificates must also bear the IMO ship number. Since 1 July 2004, passenger ships are also required to carry the marking on a horizontal surface visible from the air. In 1987 the IMO adopted Resolution A.600(15) to create the IMO ship identification number scheme aimed at the "enhancement of maritime safety and pollution prevention and the prevention of maritime fraud" by assigning to each ship

247-569: The check digit. Example for company IMO 204199 9 : SS Cape Mendocino (T-AKR-5064) SS Cape Mendocino (T-AKR-5064) is a steam turbine powered heavy-lift Seabee barge carrier , one of three ships of her type in the Military Sealift Command 's Ready Reserve Force . She was originally built as the Maritime Administration type ( C8-S-82a ) hull SS Doctor Lykes , under a MARAD contract (for commercial use with

266-587: The mandatory company and registered owner identification number scheme, with entry into force on 1 January 2009. The regulation provides that every ship owner and management company shall have a unique identification number. Other amendments require these numbers to be added to the relevant certificates and documents in the International Safety Management Code (ISM) and the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). Like

285-752: The vessel with IMO ship number "IMO 9176187" was built in Japan, has been through the names Asia Melody , Cornelie Oldendorff , Maxima , Jaydee M , Evangelia , Evangeli , Shinsung Dream and Orange Dream , has operated under the flags of Panama, Liberia, Marshall Islands, the Republic of Korea and Sierra Leone, with numerous different owners/operators, and has had home ports of Majuro, Freetown and Cheju, but its IMO number has remained unchanged throughout. The original resolution applied to cargo vessels (meaning "ships which are not passenger ships" ) at least 300 gt and passenger vessels of at least 100 gt. This resolution

304-742: Was assigned to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet as part of the Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet . When activated Cape Farewell was assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) was one of four LASH Ready Reserve Force Ships. Cape Farewell arrived for scrapping in Brownsville on 15 June 2023. See also [ edit ] SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070) sister ship References [ edit ] Navsource.org, SS Cape Farewell (AK-5073) [REDACTED]   This article includes information collected from

323-557: Was laid down in 1973, as SS Delta Mar , a Maritime Administration type ( C9-S-81d ) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 259) at Avondale Industries Corp. , New Orleans, LA. She launched and delivered to the Maritime Administration for operation by Delta Line. She was renamed SS American Mar and reacquired by the Maritime Administration for assignment to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF), 2 April 1987. She

342-419: Was previously known as Lloyd's Register-Fairplay , IHS Fairplay and IHS Maritime . For new vessels, the IMO ship number is assigned to a hull during construction, generally upon keel laying. Many vessels which fall outside the mandatory requirements of SOLAS have numbers allocated by Lloyd's Register or IHS Markit in the same numerical series, including fishing vessels and commercial yachts. An IMO number

361-583: Was revoked in 2013, being replaced by Resolution A.1078(28), which allowed application of the Scheme to ships of 100 gt and above, including fishing vessels. That in turn was revoked in 2017 and replaced by Resolution A.1117(30), which allows its application to ships of 100 gt and above, "including fishing vessels of steel and non-steel hull construction; passenger ships of less than 100 gt, high-speed passenger craft and mobile offshore drilling units [...]; and all motorized inboard fishing vessels of less than 100 gt down to

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