MV American Tern
container ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV American Tern
- IMO number
- 8908088
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- container ship
- Gross tonnage
- 13,382
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 162 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1990
- Builder
- Neptun Werft
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV American Tern
MV American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship managed by APL Maritime. Formerly the Liberian-flagged Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern under the United States flag in 2002. Since then, the American Tern has been chartered by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was contracted through 2010 to make resupply voyages to McMurdo Station in Antarctica (Operation Deep Freeze) and Pituffik Space Base in Greenland (Operation Pacer Goose). The vessel is named after the tern, a type of bird that makes annual migrations from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV American Tern now?
- MV American Tern has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MV American Tern?
- MV American Tern is a container ship, built in 1990 by Neptun Werft. The vessel is 162 m long and has a gross tonnage of 13,382.
- Who owns MV American Tern?
- MV American Tern is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has MV American Tern been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV American Tern appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).