MV Cape Race (T-AKR-9960)
 Cape Race underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | MV Seaspeed America |
| Owner: | Sea Lift Command |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan |
| Laid down: | 1977 |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1993, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |
| In service: | April 1993 |
| Renamed: | MV Cape Race, February 1st, 1994 |
| Status: | maintained in a layberth at Portsmouth, VA. in FOS-5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 12,872 empty, 35,357 full |
| Length: | 648 feet |
| Beam: | 105' 6" |
| Draft: | 33 feet |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 16.6 knots |
The MV Cape Race was originally built as the MV Seaspeed America for the Transocean RO-RO Corp. She was sold to various other corporations until she was purchased by the United States Navy in April 1993. She underwent conversion to fit a more active roll in and serve a military need better and was placed back in service April 1993. She has served on multiple occasions but is currently in the US Ready Reserve Fleet.[1]
References
- ↑ "MV Cape Race (AKR-9960)". NavSource Online. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- 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.
External links
- Ship's Official site page, Military Sea Lift command
- Wikimapia site
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