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T-AKR-9962 Cape Wrath

Cape W Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Laid down in 1982 as Hual Trader (date and place unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered for commercial service (date unknown)
  • Acquired, 3 March 1994, by the US Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) and renamed Cape Wrath, assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force
  • When activated Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) 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 Wrath is laid in a layberth at Baltimore, MD. in ROS-5 status
    Specifications:
    Displacement 22,145 t.(lt) 53,500 t.(fl)
    Length 697'
    Beam 106'
    Draft 38'
    Speed 14.7 kts.
    Complement 27 civilian mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Cape Wrath 110k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) drydocked, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 84k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 84k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 77k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 67k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 97k Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    There is no DANFS history for Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) at NavSource
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