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MV ''TransAtlantic'' is a U.S.-flagged container ship owned and operated by TransAtlantic Lines LLC. The long ship was built at Wuhu Shipyard in Wuhu, China in 1997 as ''Steamers Future''. Originally owned by Singapore's Keppel Corporation, she has had three owners, been registered under three flags, and been renamed ten times. From 2004 to 2009, the ship, under the name ''Baffin Strait'' (T-AK W9519), was one of Military Sealift Command's seven chartered container ships, and delivered 250 containers every month from Singapore to Diego Garcia.〔(MSC Baffin Strait Page )〕〔 〕 During this charter, she carried everything from fresh food to building supplies to aircraft parts, delivering more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year.〔 After finishing the Diego Garcia contract, the ship sailed from Singapore on 19 November 2009 for a shipyard period in Wilmington, North Carolina by way of the Suez Canal. In May 2010, she was towed to Ciramar Shipyard in the Dominican Republic for more extensive repairs. ==Construction== Then named ''Steamer's Future'', the ship's keel was laid on 8 February 1996 at Wuhu Shipyard in Wuhu, China.〔〔 Its hull, constructed from ordinary strength steel,〔Det Norske Veritas, Hull, 2007.〕 has an overall length of .〔 In terms of width, the ship has a beam of . The height from the top of the keel to the main deck, called the moulded depth, is .〔 Although much of its career has been spent crossing oceans, the ship's container-carrying capacity of (384 20-foot shipping containers) places it in the range of a small feeder ship.〔〔MAN Diesel, 2009, p.6.〕 The ship's gross tonnage, a measure of the volume of all its enclosed spaces, is 4,276.〔〔International Maritime Organization, 2002.〕 Its net tonnage, which measures the volume of the cargo spaces, is 2,129.〔〔 Its total carrying capacity in terms of weight, is , the equivalent of almost 170 Sherman tanks.〔 ''Steamer's Future'' was built with a Wärtsilä Vasa 9R32E main engine which drives a controllable-pitch propeller.〔 This is a four-stroke diesel engine, that is turbocharged and intercooled.〔http://www.brownsequipment.com/files/item_files/files/12338.pdf〕 This engine also features direct fuel injection.〔 It has nine in-line cylinders, each with a 320 mm cylinder bore, and a 350 mm stroke.〔 At 720 revolutions per minute (RPM), the engine produces a maximum continuous output of , and at 750 RPM .〔 According to Military Sealift Command, the ship's cruising speed is .〔 In addition, the ship has a Schottel SST170LKT maneuvering thruster.〔
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