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MV Cape Washington
Cape W-class roll-on/roll-off From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MV Cape Washington (T-AKR-9961) was originally built as a commercial ship in 1982 and sold to the Grace Marine Company with the named Hual Transporter. She has a sister ship named MV Cape Wrath.
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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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Further reading
- (https://web.archive.org/web/20120612073319/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=58) Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory
- (http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/54/549961.htm) NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
This article incorporates public domain material from Cape Washington (AKR-9961) at the Naval Vessel Register.
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