MV Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962)
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Cape Wrath underway
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| Name: | MV Hual Trader |
| Owner: | Grace Marine Co. S.A. |
| Builder: | Stocznia im Komuny Partyskiej, Gdynia, Poland (now Stocznia Gdynia) |
| Completed: | 1982 |
| Acquired: | April 7th 1993 |
| Renamed: | Cape Wrath, March 3rd 1994 |
| Status: | laid in a layberth at Baltimore, MD. in ROS-5 status |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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.
File:SS Cape Wrath 2.jpg
SS Cape Wrath underway
Further reading
- (http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=59 Ship's official page on Military Sea Lift 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.
