Ro/ro cargo ship “Seaspeed America”, September 1981
Owner: Transocean Roro Corp. S.A.M.
Manager: V Ships
Flag: Panama
Builder: Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sakaide
Gross tons: 31,397
Deadweight: 22,850
Length overall: 197.52 m
Max. draft: 10.027 m
Engines: 2 x MAN 14-cylinder diesels, total 28,000 b.h.p., geared to 1 shaft
Service speed: 19.75 knots
Completed July 1997
1987: sold to West Side Shipping Co. S.A., renamed “G & C Admiral”
1989: sold to Sun Pride Inc., retaining name
?: “Stena America”
1993 April: bought by US Maritime Administration (Department of Transportation); converted for military use.
1994 February: entered service as USNS “Cape Race” (AKR-9960); operated by Military Sealift Command
1994 September: assigned to the Ready Reserve Force; laid up at Portsmouth, Virginia & continues to be maintained in reduced operating status by Keystone Shipping Co. (can be reactivated in 5 days)