MV Morning Glory
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Morning Glory (formerly Gulf Glory, Bandar Ayu, Pergiwati) |
| Owner | National Oil Corporation, Libya or other unknown |
| Operator | unknown |
| Port of registry | unknown |
| Completed | 1993 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | As rogue vessel captured by US Navy SEALs on 16 March 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 179.9 m (590 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 28.1 m (92 ft 2 in) |
MV Morning Glory, formerly Gulf Glory, Bandar Ayu, and Pergiwati, is a 1993-built crude oil tanker. Considered a stateless vessel with stolen cargo, the tanker was seized by United States Special Operations Forces southeast of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on March 16, 2014. The intervention occurred upon the request of the Libyan and Cypriot governments.
As Gulf Glory the vessel had previously sailed under Liberian registry. In 2011, the Morning Glory was repaired at the CIC Changxing Shipyard, China.