Where is SS Capella now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for SS Capella in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is SS Capella?

SS Capella is a vehicle cargo ship. The vessel is 288.4 m long.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for SS Capella?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for SS Capella from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for SS Capella. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

SS Capella

vehicle cargo ship

IMO7223508No AIS position on record

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In short

SS Capella (vehicle cargo ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: vehicle cargo ship
Flag: —
Year built: —
Gross tonnage: —
Size (length × beam): 288 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: SS Capella
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 7223508
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: vehicle cargo ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: —
Length overall: 288.4 m
Beam: —
Year built: —

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Ownership & management

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Operator: United States Navy
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
Jan 27, 2005	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Mar 1, 2004	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 20, 2003	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Jan 27, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Mar 1, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Dec 20, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Arrival	Dec 19, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Newport News USNNS	Arrival	Mar 16, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
ELIZABETH RIVER, VA	Departure	Feb 10, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Feb 4, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: February 4, 2003.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About SS Capella

SS Capella (T-AKR 293) is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, hull no. 330, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land McLean, USCG ON 540413, IMO 7223508, after Sea-Land's founder Malcom McLean. Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy on 16 April 1982 as USNS Capella (T-AK-293). In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Capella was named after Capella, the brightest star in the constellation Auriga, the sixth brightest in the night sky.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is SS Capella now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for SS Capella in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is SS Capella?: SS Capella is a vehicle cargo ship. The vessel is 288.4 m long.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for SS Capella?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for SS Capella from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for SS Capella. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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