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Created: 2023-04-03 7:47:31 PM
Last Edited: 2026-01-16 12:45:11 PM




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African Neptune (1966)
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African Neptune (1979/05/19)
  IMO: 5004283  
Details/Construction
Builder:Ingalls Shipbuilding CorporationLocation:Pascagoula, Mississippi, USAHull #:478
Design:C4-S-58a
Keel Layed:1961/12/08Launched:1962/09/15Commissioned:1963/02/20
Propulsion
As builtType:1 General Electric steam turbine engineOutput:18150 shp (13540 kW) - 20.0 knots
Manufacturer:General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):174.35 m (572.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:11309
Length (lbp):164.9 m (541.0 ft)Net Tonnage:6809
Beam:22.92 m (75.2 ft)Dead Weight:12932
Depth:13.06 m (42.8 ft)Displacement:20110
Draft:9.399 m (30.8 ft) 
Change Description:Data from the 1979/80 Lloyds Register
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Farrell Lines Inc. - New York, NY, USA1963/021980/04/02
United States GovernmentUnited States Maritime Administration
FleetFromUntil
Farrell Lines Inc. - New York, USA1963/021980/04/02
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
African Neptune1980/08/04
Neptune1980/12/30
Cape Archway (T-AK-5011)2019/11
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 290485 New York, NY, United States KAFV 1963/02 1980/12/30
US 290485 Norfolk, Virginia, United States KAFV 1980/12/30 2019/11
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Brownsville, Texas by International Shipbreaking, USA
Arrival at Yard2019/11/11Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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