MV Hyak
 The MV Hyak in Rich Passage | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Hyak |
| Owner: | WSDOT |
| Operator: | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry: |
Seattle, Washington,  USA |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard, San Diego, California |
| Completed: |
1967, rebuilt in 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Super Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage: |
2,704 gross-tonnage 1,214 net-tonnage |
| Length: | 382 ft 2 in (116.5 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Deck clearance: | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power: | Total 8,000 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines |
| Speed: | 17 kn (31 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
2500 passengers 160 vehicles (max 30 commercial) |
The MV Hyak is a Super Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
As of 2008, she is currently assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton route. The Hyak was built in 1967 at The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego. Unlike her sisters the Hyak has not had her cabin refurbished.[1] She is still a steady runner however, being one of the most trouble-free boats of class. Hyak is chinook jargon for "speedy".[2]
The Hyak regularly serves the Seattle-Bremerton route. On October 2008, she was transferred to the Kingston-Edmonds route to replace the MV Walla Walla, which was discovered to have a damaged thrust bearing. The Hyak will serve that route until repairs to the Walla Walla are complete.[3]
Incidents
On April 20, 1986, the Hyak ran aground in Anacortes, WA. None of the 250 people on board were hurt, but the ferry sustained damages that cost $250,000 to repair.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Super class today". Evergreen Fleet website. http://www.evergreenfleet.com/superstoday.html.
- ↑ "Ferry names". WSDOT. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?fuseaction=names.
- ↑ Kitsap Sun - Damaged Ferry Forces a Shuffle for Bremerton
- ↑ "The Super class today". Evergreen Fleet website. http://www.evergreenfleet.com/superstoday.html.
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