 She was originally the Laura Maersk, constructed in 1980 in Denmark by "Lindøværftet" for A. P. Moller-Maersk Group ("Maersk").She was lengthened in 1987 and again in the early 1990s by Hyundai.On May 7, 1996 "Laura Maersk" was delivered to Military Sealift Command and was outfitted at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's docks in San Diego, California.