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MT Maersk Peary (AOT-5246)

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Hotel - Kilo - Mike
 WHKM
Maersk Peary Class Tanker:
  • Built in 2004 as the double-hulled oil tanker MT Jutul, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea
  • Delivered, 28 November 2011
  • Register in Norway as MT Jutul in 2011
  • Purchased by Maersk Line Ltd in 2011 to support Thule AFB, in Greenland and McMurdo Station, in Antarctica,
  • Renamed MT Maersk Peary, 30 September 2011
  • Long-term charter (59 months) in 2011 to the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) designated (AOT-5246), homeported at Norfolk, VA.
  • MT Maersk Peary is one of the Military Sealift Command's long term chartered tankers and as part of the Sealift Program will support Arctic and Antarctic operations
  • Sold to US Maritime Management Inc., renamed MT Acadia Trader, 11 August 2023.
  • Sold, 19 March 2024, to Trinity Maritime, renamed MT World Trader I, reflagged Panama
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,528 t.(lt) 25,487 t.(fl)
    Length 592'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 38'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 21 Contract Mariners
    Cargo Capacity 38,177 DWT
    Propulsion Diesel
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    Maersk Peary 3815k MT Maersk Peary (AOT-5246) underway off Hampton Roads, VA, date unknown. MSC web site
    Maersk Peary
    0965524602     		83k MT Maersk Peary (AOT-5246) entering Souda, Greece, November 2017.
    Photo from flickr.com by Brian Shipman    		 John Spivey
    MT Maersk Peary (T-AOT-5246)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    End of an Era: The Sale of the M/T Acadia Trader and Her Storied Legacy, March 19, 2024
    MT Acadia Trader reaches halfway point in journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024.>
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