Cape Washington was built in Poland and completed in 1982 she was delivered to Grace Marine Co. S.A. are was operated commercially as a Car Carrier until 1993 when she was bought by the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. It was subsequently transferred to the Maritime Administrations Ready reserve fleet and assigned to Maryland. She now has ROS-5 status.
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Cape Washington has an overall length of 212m, beam 32 m and draft 11.6m. she is powered by diesel engines and has a single propeller.