[1] The ship was built in 1973 by Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, Ontario.

She was delivered to be used by Burnett Steamship Company as MV Avon Forest on 31 August of the same year.

[2] On 10 April 1985, she was sold to Piute Energy & Transportation Co., Cleveland as MV Federal Lake until 2 November 1987, as she would be again be sold to the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration to be used in the Ready Reserve Force, James River Group, Virginia as MV Cape Lambert (T-AKR-5077) together with sister ship MV Cape Lobos (T-AKR-5078).

[4] She would be returned to the James River Reserve Fleet and maintained by the Crowley Liner Services on 14 March 2000.

[7] In 2006, Cape Lambert was struck from the Naval Register and later towed to Brownsville for scrap.