MV American Cormorant explained

MV American Cormorant (AK-2062), was a heavy-lift cargo ship built in 1975, that took part in the Gulf War.[1] The ship is named after a genus of cormorant comprising three species found in the Americas, hence the common name American cormorant.[2]

Construction and commissioning

The ship was built in 1975 by the Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg, Sweden. She was delivered to be used by Odd Berg & Co. as MV Kollbris in the same year until January 1982.[3] [4]

Kollbris was later sold to Fearnley & Eger and renamed to MV Ferncarrier from 1982 until 1985. During her time in Fearnley & Eger, she was converted from a tanker to a heavy-lift carrier.[5]

In 1985, she was bought by Osprey Ship Management as MV American Cormorant and chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) for the US Army.[6] She was assigned to Marine Prepositioning Squadron 2 and was forward deployed at Diego Garcia. American Cormorant was underway in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.[7]

The contract with MSC was completed in 2002 and she would be returned to commercial service with Osprey until 2014. Sam Woo Holdings Ltd. bought and operated the ship as Asian Atlas.[8] [9] She would be scrapped later.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 September 2002. AMERICAN CORMORANT (AK 2062). 16 February 2022. Naval Vessel Register.
  2. Kennedy. Martyn. Spencer. Hamish G.. 2014-10-01. Classification of the cormorants of the world. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. en. 79. 249–257. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.020. 24994028 . 1055-7903.
  3. Web site: Cargo Ship Photo Index. 2022-02-16. www.navsource.org.
  4. Web site: KOLLBRIS - IMO 5191804 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker. 2022-02-16. www.shipspotting.com.
  5. Web site: Ferncarrier - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker. 2022-02-16. www.shipspotting.com.
  6. Web site: AMERICAN CORMORANT - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker. 2022-02-16. www.shipspotting.com.
  7. Book: OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM: THE LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE. ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. September 1991. 8.
  8. Web site: Asian Atlas, IMO 7388710, Call sign S7TY, Semi submersible ships. 2022-02-16. ship-photo-roster.com.
  9. Web site: ASIAN ATLAS - IMO 7388712 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker. 2022-02-16. www.shipspotting.com.

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