MV Morning Glory
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MV Morning Glory (formerly MV Gulf Glory, MV Bandar Ayu, MV Pergiwati) |
| Owner | National Oil Corporation, Libya or other unknown |
| Operator | unknown |
| Port of registry | unknown |
| Completed | 1993 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | As rogue vessel captured by US Navy SEALs on 3-16-2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | 21,804 gt 35,583 dwt |
| Length | 179.9m |
| Beam | 28.1m |
MV Morning Glory, formerly Gulf Glory, Bandar Ayu, and Pergiwati, is a 1993-built crude oil tanker. Considered a stateless vessel with stolen cargo, the tanker was seized by United States Special Operations Forces southeast of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean on March 16, 2014. The intervention occurred upon the request of the Libyan and Cypriot governments.
As Gulf Glory the vessel had previously sailed under Liberian registry. In 2011, the Morning Glory was repaired at the CIC Changxing Shipyard, China.