MV Matanuska
 MV Matanuska | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | M/V Matanuska |
| Namesake: | Matanuska Glacier, Chugach Mountains |
| Owner: |
 Alaska Marine Highway System |
| Port of registry: |
 United States |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock, Seattle, Washington |
| Launched: | 1963 |
| Refit: | 1968 |
| Homeport: | Haines, 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 Matanuska, colloquially known as the Mat, is a mainline Malaspina-class ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.
Constructed in 1963 by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock in Seattle, Washington, and lengthened in 1968, the M/V Matanuska has been in the ferry system for over forty years. As a mainline ferry, which means in serves the larger of the inside passage communities (such as Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka), its route expands the entirety of the inside passage, often beginning runs in Prince Rupert, British Columbia or Bellingham, Washington and running to the Alaskan Panhandle community of Skagway. The Matanuska is nearly identical to its sister ship, the M/V Malaspina.
The ship's amenities include a hot-food cafeteria; cocktail lounge and bar; solarium; forward, aft, movie, and business lounges; gift shop; 4 four-berth cabins; 23 three-berth cabins; and 80 two-berth cabins.
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