Cape Nome (AKA 1014) (ex-Mormacstar) pictured upon her arrival at the breaking yards of All Star Metals & All Star Shredding at Brownsville, Texas in December 2023.
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One of four SeaBridge class combination ro-ro container ships completed by Mississippi’s Ingalls Shipyard in 1969 for Moore-McCormack Lines (see SM, Oct 2023), the former Mormacstar, has gone for scrap in Brownsville, Texas.
Besides operating for Moore-McCormack, the ship also sailed for American Export-Isbrandsten Lines as Red Jacket and for United States Lines as American Rapid before becoming part of the US Ready Reserve Fleet as Cape Nome (AKA 1014) in 1988, the name under which the 602ft by 90ft ship was dismantled.