Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1337) of 40 galleys sailed out of Seville, under the Galician captain Alfonso Jofre Tenório (Señor de Mogue), probably intending a similar landing on the Portuguese coast. Violent tempests prevented an encounter, and both fleets, damaged by the storms, were forced to return to port for repairs. Both fleets set out once again in early July, Pessanha's Portuguese fleet now reduced to 20 galleys and Tenorio's Castilian fleet reduced to 30. The Portuguese and Castilian fleets finally met each other near Cape St. Vincent (the southwestern tip of Portugal). With the wind in their favor, the Portuguese gained the initial advantage
MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) DEFENSAS 95, providing 45 days of transport for outsized unit equipment to Guatemala in support of military training. This was part of a larger exercise which included the Army's Battlefield Visualization initiative in Panama. On 4 September 1996, MV "Cape Vincent" underwent a test of her activation readiness capability and successfully activated in 1.9 days. "Cape Vincent" surpassed this record, activating in 1.8 days for a humanitarian relief effort to Central America in response to the damaged caused by Hurricane Mitch. "Cape Vincent" transported construction equipment and relief supplies for 108 days. On 30 March 1999 "Cape Vincent" received the