MV Seaman Guard Ohio photographed at Singapore, July 2012
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History | |
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Owner | AdvanFort |
Port of registry | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Builder | Narasaki Shipbuilding, Muroran, Japan |
Yard number | 1064 |
Launched | 20 August 1984 |
Completed | 1984 |
Identification | |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 45.93 metres (150.7 ft) |
Beam | 7.32 metres (24.0 ft) |
Installed power | 2800 bhp |
The MV Seaman Guard Ohio is a floating armory ship[1] owned by AdvanFort and used for storing weapons and security guards on private anti-piracy contracts.[2] In October 2013, the ship was impounded and the crew and armed guards aboard were detained after it allegedly entered Indian waters with illegal arms without adequate permission.[3]