C/V RED JACKET / KAAJ
MEDITERRANEAN MARINE LINES INC. ( AEL )

C /V Red Jacket at hometown. Istanbul, 1975
C /V Red Jacket at Livorno Italy, 1975

Dates of Shipment and Discharge : March - Sept. / 1975 and March - June / 1976
Voyage Destination : From U.S. East Coast to Eastern Mediterranean ( Spain / Italy / Greece / Turkey ).
.................................................................................... She was the favorite of all times and a dream was coming true. He was coming home with a beautiful ship, just like he had dreamed of watching the Victories and C2s of the same company years back, as a teenager.
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Ship's Data:
Launched / Builder / Hull # : April 11, 1969 / Ingalls Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Miss. /1159
Class : C5-S-78a
Length / Beam / Draft : 602 / 90 /34 ft
Tonnage: 11757 Grt / 16000 Dwt
Engine / Speed : Steam turbine / 26 kts.
History :
1968 Laid down as Mormacstar to Moore McCormack ( May, 13)
1969 Delivered (Sept.,16)
1970 Red Jacket to American Export Lines Inc.
1978 to Farrell Lines under same name
19?? renamed American Rapid
19?? renamed Rapid
1986 Cape Nome (T-AK-1014) to Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF)
2006 Berthed in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet at Fort Eustis, VA. Can be activated in 10 days.

Sister ships:
Defiance 1969 built by Ingalls Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Miss. / ex- Mormacsea, 1970 from Moore McCormack sold to American Export Lines renamed Defiance, 1978 to Farrell Lines.Scrapped . 11757 grtons
Great Republic 1969 built by Ingalls Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Miss. / ex- Mormacsky, 1970 from Moore McCormack sold to American Export Lines renamed Great Republic, 1978 to Farrell Lines, to US Government renamed T-AVB 2 Curtiss. 11757 grtons
Young America1970 built by Ingalls Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Miss. / ex- Mormacsun, 1970 from Moore McCormack sold to American Export Lines renamed Young America, 1978 to Farrell Lines, to US Government renamed T-AVB 1 Wright. 11757 grtons.

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.................................................................................... Moored at the port of Haydarpasa Istanbul, 1975
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.................................................................................... Same day, under the limits of space and a fixed lenght lens.
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.................................................................................... Ten years later in Bayonne, N.J. under her new name. C/V Rapid. - 1985


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