Tombarra 1973


Buildingyard: Eriksbergs Mek. Verkstad A/B.(Lindholmen div), Gothenburg Built year: 1973                           Yard no: 64

​Tonnage: GRT: 13887/ NET: 7115/ TDW: 22000                                              Dims: LOA: 207,40/ BR: 29,62/ DR: 9,938mtr

Machinery: Three 18-cyl Pielstick by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St.Nazaire BHP: 28890bhp         Speed: 21,50knots

​Containercap: 1319TEU / Qarter stern door and ramp.

Photo: Unknown

29.03.1973: Launched                                                                                                                                                                                  30.08.1973: Completed. Price: NOK 93mill                                                                                                                                                  23.09.1985: Sold to United States Dept of Transportation for service with the Ready Reserve Force of the US Fleet. Renamed CAPE DECISION

Still in service with NavyId: T-AKR5054. Manager: Marine Transport Lines Inc., Weehawken, NJ

               Photo: Unknown

Photo: 1) Mike Griffiths     2) Pieter Inpijn  - www.shipspotting.com

                 Photo: Inger Albrigtsen.  Shows Tombarra in drydock at Blohm+Voss/ Hamburg after the fire 1978