MV Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962)

Coordinates: 39°15′44″N 76°36′05″W / 39.2621591°N 76.6014007°W / 39.2621591; -76.6014007

Cape Wrath underway
History
United States
Name	MV Cape Wrath
Namesake	Cape Wrath
Owner	Grace Marine Co. S.A.
Builder	Stocznia im Komuny Partyskiej, Gdynia, Poland (now Stocznia Gdynia)
Completed	1982
Acquired	7 April 1993
Renamed	from Hual Trader
Identification	IMO number: 7826166 MMSI number: 303940000 Callsign: WRGJ Pennant number: T-AKR-9962
Status	laid at Baltimore, in ROS-5 status
General characteristics
Class and type	roll-on/roll-off
Displacement	53,652 long tons
Length	697 feet
Beam	105 feet 11 inches
Draft	38 feet
Propulsion	Diesel, single propeller
Speed	14.9 knots
Range	Not Disclosed
Complement	27 civilian mariners
Armament	none
Armor	none
Aircraft carried	none

MV Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962) was originally built as a commercial ship in 1982 and sold to the with the name Hual Trader. She has a sister ship named MV Cape Washington.

Construction and career[]

It served as a merchant ship until it was purchased by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration on 7 April 1993. From there it was later transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to Maryland. Since then it has been activated to serve in bringing vehicles and supplies to Europe where they are air lifted to troops engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Cape Wrath underway

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  Cape Wrath underway

Further reading[]

• (https://web.archive.org/web/20120612073411/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=59 Ship's official page on Military Sealift Command)
• (http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/549962.htm Ship photo index) NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
• 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.

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