MV Malaspina
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | M/V Malaspina |
| Namesake: | Malaspina Glacier, Yakutat, Alaska |
| Owner: |
 Alaska Marine Highway System |
| Port of registry: |
 United States |
| Builder: | Lockheed Shipbuilding Yards, Seattle, Washington |
| Launched: | 1963 |
| Refit: | 1972 |
| Homeport: | Juneau, Alaska |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Malaspina-class mainline ferry |
| Displacement: | 5,552 long tons (5,641 t) |
| Length: | 408 ft (124 m) |
| Beam: | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 11 in (5.16 m) |
| Decks: | One vehicle deck |
| Ramps: | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading |
| Propulsion: | 8,000 hp (5,966 kW) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity: |
500 passengers 88 vehicles |
M/V Malaspina, colloquially known as the Mal, is a mainline ferry and the original Malaspina-class vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Constructed in 1963 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding Yards in Seattle, Washington and elongated in 1972 at the Willamette Iron and Steel Company in Portland, Oregon, the M/V Malaspina has been in the ferry system for over forty years. As a mainline ferry, which means it serves the larger of the inside passage communities (such as Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka), its route spans the entirety of the inside passage, often beginning runs in Prince Rupert, British Columbia or Bellingham, Washington and running to the northernmost Alaskan Panhandle community of Skagway.
Trivia
- The Malaspina is nearly identical to its sister ship, the M/V Matanuska.
- The Malaspina's amenities include a hot-food cafeteria; cocktail lounge and bar; solarium; forward, aft, movie, and business lounges; gift shop; 54 four-berth cabins; and 29 two-berth cabins.
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