MV Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962)
MV Cape Wrath was originally built as a commercial ship in 1982 and sold to the Grace Marine Company, It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration on 7 April 1993. From there it was later transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to Maryland. Since then it has been activated to serve in bringing vehicles and supplies to Europe where they are air lifted to troops engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan.
SS Cape Wrath underway
 Cape Wrath underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | MV Cape Wrath |
| Owner: | Grace Marine Co. S.A. |
| Builder: | Stocznia im Komuny Partyskiej, Gdynia, Poland (now Stocznia Gdynia) |
| Completed: | 1982 |
| Acquired: | 7 April 1993 |
| Renamed: | Cape Wrath, 3 March 1994 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | laid in a layberth at Baltimore, MD. in ROS-5 status |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cape W-class Roll-on/Roll-off |
| Displacement: | 53,652 long tons |
| Length: | 697 feet |
| Beam: | 105 feet 11 inches |
| Draft: | 38 feet |
| Propulsion: | Diesel, single propeller |
| Speed: | 14.9 knots |
| Range: | Not Disclosed |
| Complement: | 27 civilian mariners |
| Armament: | none |
| Armor: | none |
| Aircraft carried: | none |
Further reading
- (https://web.archive.org/web/20120612073411/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=59 Ship's official page on Military Sealift Command)
- (http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/549962.htm Ship photo index) NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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