Ro/ro cargo ship “Tarago” at anchor off Kuwait, late-July 1980
Owner: Silh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo
Flag: Norway
Port of registry: Tønsberg
Builder: Ateliers & Chantiers. de France, Gironde
Gross tons: 23,912
Length overall: 193.2 m
Max. draft: 8.23 m
Engines 3 x 18-cylinder Atlantique-Pielstick 18PC2V diesels, total 27,000 b.h.p.
Service speed: 22 knots
Completed 1973
(date?) transferred to Barber Steamship Co.
Sold (with 4 sister-ships) November 1985 to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD); renamed “Cape Domingo” (AKR-5053), delivered to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia.
Currently laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Charleston, S.C. in ROS-5 (ROS = Reduced Operational Service) status, which requires a transition to full operating status within five days under the operation of Military Sealift Command.