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T-AKR-9960 Cape Race

Cape R Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Built in 1977 as Seaspeed America (place unknown)
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Placed in commercial service (date unknown)
  • Renamed G & G Admiral (date unknown) renamed a second time Stena America (date unknown)
  • Acquired, 11 September 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration), renamed Cape Race
  • Assigned to MSC Ready Reserve Force as Cape Race (T-AKR-9960)
  • Entered the Ready Reserve Force, (date unknown)
  • Operated under contract by Keystone Shipping Co., Bala Cynwyd, PA.
  • When activated Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) is one of the Maritime Administrations 31 Roll-on/Roll-off Reserve Force Ships assigned to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Sealift Program Office
  • Cape Race is maintained in a layberth at Portsmouth, VA. in FOS-4
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,872 t.(lt) 35,357 t.(fl)
    Length 648'
    Beam 105' 6"
    Draft 33' (max)
    Speed 17.6 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 132,209 sq. ft.
    Complement
    Full Operational Status 25
    Reduced Operational Status 9
    Armament none
    Propulsion one medium speed diesel engine, 17,350 hp, one propeller
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    Cape Race 79k Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) departing Hampton Roads, VA, date unknown
    US Navy photo    		 MSC Web Site
    Cape Race 54k Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 20 January 1996 Photo by Daniel Ferro
    Cape Race 25k Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) pierside, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Race 27k Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) moored, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Race (T-AKR-9960) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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