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MV Matanuska
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MV Matanuska, colloquially known as the Mat, is a mainline Malaspina-class ferry vessel operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System.
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Name | Matanuska |
Namesake | Matanuska Glacier, Chugach Mountains |
Operator | Alaska Marine Highway System |
Port of registry | Haines, Alaska |
Builder | Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock |
Laid down | July 6, 1962 |
Launched | December 5, 1962 |
Refit | Lengthened in 1978 |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Malaspina-class mainline ferry |
Tonnage | 9,214 gross |
Displacement | 5,569 long tons (5,658 t) |
Length | 408 ft (124 m) |
Beam | 74 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 11.63 in (5.1722 m) |
Decks |
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Ramps | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading |
Installed power | 2 x EMD 16-710 G7C-T3 Diesel engines |
Propulsion | 2 x 4-bladed variable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 48 |
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