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:
  • Two medium speed MAN V Diesel engines
  • Two shaft generators and two auxiliary generators
  • Two propellers, 17,350 hp
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

  1. "MV Cape Race (AKR-9960)". NavSource Online. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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