MV Cape Race (T-AKR-9960)
Cape Race underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | MV Seaspeed America |
| Owner | United States Maritime Administration |
| 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 |
| Identification |
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| 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 ft 6 in (32.16 m) |
| Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 role 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.