SHIP NAME: Mormactrade

OFFICIAL NO: 287900

SHIP DESIGN: 1624-A

BUILDER: Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp.

                     Chester, Pa. 

KEEL LAID: February 15, 1961  

Christened by:  Mrs. Albert F. Chrystal

LAUNCH  DATE: January 23, 1962

COMPLETION DATE: April 12, 1962

OVERALL LENGTH:  483'

SPEED:  23 Knots

PASSENGERS: 12

OUTSTANDING POINTS:  The eighth cargo-passenger vessel launched, completed the second phase of ship replacement program.

PRIOR HISTORY: Built new for Moore-McCormack.

SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Went to  MARAD in 1980 as USNS Southern Cross T-AK285. September 1984 to Ready Reserve Fleet. 2000 to National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) and in October 2005 was being stripped for scrapping.