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M/V Taku is a Malaspina-class mainline vessel built for the Alaska Marine Highway System. The ship has been retired and was sold to a Dubai-based company for $171,000.[5] The owner sought to sell the ferry internationally, and was unsuccessful, and it was last seen beached in Alang, India, to be scrapped.
MV Taku | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Taku |
| Namesake | Taku Glacier, Juneau, Alaska |
| Owner |  Alaska Marine Highway System |
| Port of registry |  United States |
| Builder | Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Cost | $4.5 Million USD[1] |
| Launched | 2 July 1962[2] |
| Commissioned | 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 21 April 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Malaspina-class mainline ferry |
| Tonnage | 2,625 Domestic 7,302 International[clarification needed][3] |
| Displacement | 4,283 long tons (4,352 t)[3] |
| Length | 352 ft (107 m)[3] |
| Beam | 74 ft (23 m)[3] |
| Draft | 16 ft 11 in (5.16 m)[3] |
| Decks | One vehicle deck, three passenger decks [4] |
| Ramps | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading |
| Installed power | Two 4,000 hp MaK Diesel engines [4] |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)[3] |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 42[3] |
Designed by Philip F. Spaulding & Associates, constructed in 1963 by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company in Seattle, Washington,[1] the M/V Taku is named after Taku Glacier which is located just southeast of Juneau, Alaska, and has been in the ferry system for over forty years. In 1981, the Taku received a major refurbishment[citation needed] and was in service steadily until the summer of 2015 when she was laid up due to budget considerations.[6][7] The AMHS subsequently announced that it would retire the vessel in preparation for sale or scrapping.[8]
As a mainline ferry, Taku served the larger of the inside passage communities (such as Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka), its route primarily stayed between Ketchikan and Skagway in Southeast Alaska.
The M/V Taku was the largest of the three AMHS vessels able to serve the communities of Hoonah and Kake and because of this served as a critical component of providing transportation out of Hoonah and Kake after the "milk run" ferry, the MV LeConte hit a rock and went into dry dock.[citation needed]
The Taku's amenities included a hot-food cafeteria; bar; solarium; forward, aft, recliner, movie, and business lounges; gift shop; 8 four-berth cabins; and 36 two-berth cabins.
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