37°46′23″N 122°22′53″W / 37.7730888°N 122.3814327°W / 37.7730888; -122.3814327

MV Cape Hudson on 19 July 1991
History
United States
Name	Cape Hudson
Namesake	Cape Hudson
Owner	United States Department of Transportation United States Maritime Administration
Builder	Tangen Verft
Launched	20 September 1978
Completed	1979
Acquired	December 1986
Commissioned	15 August 1990
Decommissioned	20 May 1992
Renamed	from Barber Taif
Identification	IMO number: 7704930 MMSI number: 303945000 Callsign: KMJN Pennant number: T-AKR-5066
Status	Laid in San Francisco, in ROS-5 status
General characteristics
Class and type	Cape H-class roll-on/roll-off
Tonnage	39,889 GT
Displacement	51,007 long tons
Length	749 feet
Beam	105 feet inches
Draft	35 feet
Propulsion	Diesel, single propeller
Speed	17.4 knots
Range	Not Disclosed
Complement	27 civilian mariners
Armament	none
Armor	none
Aircraft carried	none

MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR-5066) was originally built as a commercial ship in 1979 and sold to the Wilhelmsen Line with the name Barber Taif. She has two sister ships named MV Cape Henry and MV Cape Horn.

Construction and career

It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration in December 1986.

On 15 August 1990, she was reactivated for Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield until 20 May 1992.^[1]

She conducted anchor tests south of Angel Island, San Francisco Bay on 28 July 2007.

From there it was later transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to San Francisco.