History | |
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Name | MV Morning Glory (formerly MV Gulf Glory, MV Bandar Ayu,[1] MV Pergiwati[1]) |
Owner | National Oil Corporation, Libya[2] or other unknown[3] |
Operator | unknown[3] |
Port of registry | unknown |
Completed | 1993 |
Identification |
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Notes | As rogue vessel captured by US Navy SEALs on 3-16-2014 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Oil tanker |
Tonnage | 21,804 gt 35,583 dwt[4] |
Length | 179.9m |
Beam | 28.1m |
MV Morning Glory, formerly Gulf Glory, Bandar Ayu, and Pergiwati, is a 1993-built crude oil tanker.[5] Considered a stateless vessel with stolen cargo, the tanker was seized by United States Special Operations Forces southeast of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean on March 16, 2014.[6] The intervention occurred upon the request of the Libyan and Cypriot governments.[6]
As Gulf Glory the vessel had previously sailed under Liberian registry. In 2011, the Morning Glory was repaired at the CIC Changxing Shipyard, China.[7]