MV Cape Race (T-AKR-9960)

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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.

References

• 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.

External links

• Ship's Official site page, Military Sea Lift command
• Wikimapia site