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MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962)

Cape W Class Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Laid down in 1982 as MV Hual Trader, by Stocznia im Komuny Partyskiej
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered for commercial service, date unknown, to Grace Marine Co. S.A.
  • Acquired, 7 April 1993, by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
  • Renamed MV Cape Wrath, 1 January 1994
  • Assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, 3 March 1994, as MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962)
  • When activated MV Cape Wrath (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
  • MV 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 MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962) drydocked, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
    Cape Wrath 84k MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962) under way, date and location unknown.
    MARAD photo.    		 US Maritime Administration
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    Cape Wrath 178k MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962) in her layberth in Baltimore, MD., 14 July 2016. Photos by Tom LaLumiere
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    Cape Wrath 184k On her first visit to Malta MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962) entered Palumbo Malta Shipyard at Cospicua for afloat repairs 9 April and departed 13 April 2019. Anthony Vella
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    0954996212    		 193k Soldiers from the 386th Movement Control Team, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, soldiers and civilians from the 839th Transportation Battalion, 598th Transportation Brigade work with Italian contractors to load 450 pieces of equipment, including Humvees, palletized loading systems and light trucks, transported from MV Cape Wrath (AKR-9962) and delivered to the port of Livorno, Italy, 2 November 2023. U.S. Army photo # 231102-A-II094-1585 by Elena Baladelli. Robert Hurst
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