Name MV Hual Trader Completed 1982 Length 212 m Draft 12 m | Owner Grace Marine Co. S.A. Acquired April 7th 1993 Weight 54,510 tons Beam 32 m | |
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Builder Stocznia im Komuny Partyskiej, Gdynia, Poland (now Stocznia Gdynia) Renamed Cape Wrath, March 3rd 1994 | ||
MV Cape Wrath was originally built as a commercial ship in 1982 and sold to the Grace Marine Company, 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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