MV American Cormorant (AK-2062), was a heavy-lift cargo ship built in 1975, that took part in the Gulf War.[1] The ship is named after a genus of cormorant comprising three species found in the Americas, hence the common name American cormorant.[2]
 MV American Cormorant
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | American Cormorant |
| Namesake | American Cormorant |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad |
| Yard number | 674 |
| Laid down | 1975 |
| Launched | 1975 |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Renamed |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Heavy-lift cargo ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Beam | 175 ft 4 in (53.44 m) |
| Draft | 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | approx. 4,190 metric tons (4,120 long tons) |
| Complement | 20 mariners |
Construction and commissioning edit
The ship was built in 1975 by the Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg, Sweden. She was delivered to be used by Odd Berg & Co. as MV Kollbris in the same year until January 1982.[3][4]
Kollbris was later sold to Fearnley & Eger and renamed to MV Ferncarrier from 1982 until 1985. During her time in Fearnley & Eger, she was converted from a tanker to a heavy-lift carrier.[5][3]
In 1985, she was bought by Osprey Ship Management as MV American Cormorant and chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) for the US Army.[6] She was assigned to Marine Prepositioning Squadron 2 and was forward deployed at Diego Garcia.[3] American Cormorant was underway in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.[7]
The contract with MSC was completed in 2002 and she would be returned to commercial service with Osprey until 2014.[3] Sam Woo Holdings Ltd. bought and operated the ship as Asian Atlas.[8][9] She would be scrapped later.[8]
References edit
- ^ "AMERICAN CORMORANT (AK 2062)". Naval Vessel Register. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, Martyn; Spencer, Hamish G. (1 October 2014). "Classification of the cormorants of the world". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 249–257. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.020. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 24994028.
- ^ a b c d "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "KOLLBRIS - IMO 5191804 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Ferncarrier - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "AMERICAN CORMORANT - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM: THE LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE (PDF). ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. September 1991. p. 8.
- ^ a b "Asian Atlas, IMO 7388710, Call sign S7TY, Semi submersible ships". ship-photo-roster.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "ASIAN ATLAS - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.