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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | Ship flag= {{USN flag}} | Ship name=SS Almeria Lykes | Ship owner=United States Maritime Administration | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts | Ship laid down=31 October 1971 | Ship launched=27 February 1972 | Ship acquired=26 September 1972 | Ship commissioned=Purchased on 25 July 1986, by United States Maritime Administration | Ship renamed=SS Cape May | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | 7205958}}- {{MMSI Number|366343000}}
- Callsign: WDOU
| Ship fate= | Ship status= laid up in a layberth at Naval Station Norfolk, VA. in FOS-5 status | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Heavy Lift Barge Carrier | Ship displacement=18,900 tons empty, 55,660 full | Ship length=876 ft | Ship beam=106 ft | Ship draft= 40 ft | Ship propulsion=two steam turbines, two shafts | Ship speed=16.2 kts. | Ship capacity=24 barges, 19 CAFS | Ship range=not disclosed | Ship complement=34 when operational, 9 while in reserve | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=none | Ship time to activate=5 days | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities=Capable of landing a helicopter but not basing one | Ship notes=
}} | SS Cape May (T-AKR-5063) is a steam turbine powered heavy-lift SEABEE barge carrier, one of two 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 Almeria Lykes, ON 536671, IMO 7205958, under MARAD contract (MA 241), for commercial use with the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company. She was laid down on 31 October 1971, at the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, MA, hull no. 18, launched on 27 February 1972, and delivered for service on 26 September 1972. The ship was turned over to MARAD 25 July 1986, and assigned to MSC's RRF as SS Cape May (AKR-5063) Cape May is used in various tasks for the US military in heavy transport of goods in various theaters of action. She is currently in ready reserve status ready to be called upon for any large cargo work needed. External links- {{NVR|{{NVR url|id=AKR5063}}}}
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{{Cape M class heavy lift ships}}{{Type C8 ships}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape May (T-AKR-5063)}}{{US-mil-ship-stub}} 3 : Cape M-class heavy lift ships|1972 ships|Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts |