Everything about Mv Taku totally explained
| Career |
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Commissioned:
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1963 |
Classification:
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American Bureau of Shipping |
Home Port:
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Wrangell, Alaska |
Decommissioned:
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Currently active |
Fate:
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Currently active |
| General characteristics |
Displacement:
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4,283 long tons |
Length:
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352 ft (107 m) |
Beam:
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74 ft (23 m) |
Draught:
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16 ft 11 inches |
Horsepower:
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8,122 |
Speed:
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16.5 knots |
Capacity:
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Crew, 42
Passengers, 450
Automobiles, 69 |
Access:
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Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading
One vehicle deck |
Named After:
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Taku Glacier near Juneau, Alaska |
The
M/V Taku is a Malaspina-class mainline vessel for the
Alaska Marine Highway System.
Constructed in 1963 by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company in
Seattle,
Washington, 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 and has been in service steadily since although there was talk of retiring the vessel in 2003. As a mainline ferry, which means in serves the larger of the inside passage communities (such as
Ketchikan,
Petersburg, and
Sitka), its route primarily stays between
Ketchikan and
Skagway meaning it only serves in
Southeast Alaska.
The
Taku's amenities include a hot-food cafeteria; bar; solarium; forward, aft, recliner, movie, and business lounges; gift shop; 8 four-berth cabins; and 36 two-berth cabins.
The M/V
Taku is 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
M/V LeConte, hit a rock and went into
dry dock.
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