CAPE RACE (AKR-9960)
Cape Race, at dock. Date and location unknown. MARAD photo.
Year Built
1977
Official Number
993578
Shipyard
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
General Type
Roll On - Roll Off (RO/RO)
Specific Type
Roll On/Roll Off
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
648.00 feet
Beam
105.64 feet
Mast Height
152.50 feet
Net Tons
7504.00 tons
Gross Tons
14484.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
132209.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
32.81 tons
Draft, Lightweight
14.40 tons
Displacement, Summer
36381.00 tons
Displacement, Lightweight
12867.00 tons
Immersion, Summer
125.00 tons
Immersion, Lightweight
88.00 tons
Fate
Still in Govt. Service
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
1977 - : Seaspeed America
- : G & G Admiral
- 1994: Stena America
1994 - present: Cape Race (AKR-9960)
Vessel Name History
Mission
| Mission Name |
|---|
| Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom |
Historical Documents
No documents for this vessel
Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Ship Name Change
| (No Date) | Ship STENA AMERICA changes name to CAPE RACE |
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Entry
| 4/22/1993 | |
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Acquisition
| 4/22/1993 | |
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Vessel Activation
| 6/23/1995 | No Notice Turbo Activation. TA-95-2. |
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Vessel Activation
| 6/24/1995 | Competed Turbo Activation. |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/1/1995 | Operation "Joint Endeavor" mission. |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/3/1995 | Completed operation "Joint Endeavor" mission. |
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Vessel Activation
| 8/5/1997 | Conducting sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 8/7/1997 | Completed sea trial |
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Interim Movement
| 8/12/1998 | ENRTE: North Florida Shipyard |
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Vessel Activation
| 8/14/1998 | Completed sea trial at North Florida S/Y |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/7/1999 | Conducting sea trial to Moon Engineering |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/9/1999 | Completed sea trial |
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Interim Movement
| 9/23/1999 | Under tow to Detyens S/Y Charleston SC |
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Interim Movement
| 9/26/1999 | At Detyens S/Y |
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Vessel Activation
| 11/20/1999 | ENRTE: Conducting sea trial to Moon Eng. |
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Vessel Activation
| 11/22/1999 | Completed sea trial from Detyens S/Y |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/12/2000 | Conducting sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/14/2000 | Completed sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/3/2001 | Turbo Activation 01-06 sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/4/2001 | Completed Turbo Activation 01-06 S/T |
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Vessel Activation
| 5/8/2002 | Conducting sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 5/10/2002 | Completed sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 9/17/2002 | Turbo Activation 02-03 sea trial |
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Vessel Activation
| 9/20/2002 | Completed Turbo Activation 02-03 S/T |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/19/2003 | Activation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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Interim Movement
| 2/27/2003 | OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM |
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Vessel Activation
| 4/29/2003 | End OP IRAQI FREEDOM|MARAD OPCON 4/28/03 |
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Vessel Activation
| 2/3/2004 | Commencing OIF II | MSC OPCON 02/01/04 |
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Interim Movement
| 2/7/2004 | Commencing cargo ops |
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Interim Movement
| 2/11/2004 | Completed cargo ops for OIF II |
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Vessel Activation
| 5/29/2004 | Completed activation mission in support of OIF II. |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/22/2004 | Activated for OIF | MSC OPCON 10/17/04 |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/7/2005 | Return from OIF | MARAD OPCON |
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Vessel Activation
| 9/18/2006 | No Notice Turbo Activation.TA-06-04 |
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Vessel Activation
| 9/25/2006 | Competed Turbo Activation. |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/9/2009 | Post Dry Dock Sea Trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/12/2009 | Completed successful Post Dry Dock Sea Trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/12/2011 | Conducting post ramp install sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/15/2011 | Completed sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 2/12/2014 | Conducting mission activation sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 2/16/2014 | Completed mission activation sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 10/31/2014 | Conducting post dry dock sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 11/3/2014 | Completed sea trial. |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/30/2015 | Conducting no notice activation in support of Operation United Assistance Redeploy. |
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Vessel Activation
| 3/24/2015 | Completed mission and returned to Portsmouth, VA. |
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Vessel Activation
| 12/14/2015 | Vessel activated on December 14, 2015, to provide sealift of 4, A29 aircraft for transfer to Rota Spain and on load returning military helicopters. Operation "Freedom's Sentinel" |
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Vessel Activation
| 1/25/2016 | Activation completed and returned to its layberth in Portsmouth, VA. |
Ship Imagery
Status Cards
Documents
No documents for this vessel
Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
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Operator
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Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
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Incident Information
Incident Date
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Use at Loss
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Cause
Still in Govt. Service
Cause Comments
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Conflict
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Location of Incident
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Accuracy of Incident Location
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Lat/Long
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Incident Location Comments
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Lives Lost
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