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The M/V Columbia is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. M/V Columbia at Bellingham Cruise Terminal Constructed in 1974 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle , Washington , the M/V Columbia has been the flagship vessel for the Alaska ferry system for over 40 years.
A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet are owned, crewed, and maintained by the civilian United States Maritime Administration, but come under control of the Military Sealift Command when activated. The MSC Sealift Program's Surge Project Office is responsible for RRF activities.
This is a list of bulk carriers, both those in service and those which have ceased to operate. Bulk carriers are a type of cargo ship that transports unpackaged bulk cargo . For ships that have sailed under multiple names, their most recent name is used and former names are listed in the Notes section.
The list of ships owned and operated by Pickands Mather consists of barges and freighters operating on the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Vessels include those owned by the Marine Department of Pickands Mather & Company from the company's founding in 1883 until its sale to Diamond Shamrock Corporation in 1968; those owned by ...
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § World War II. During the naval build-up for World War II at least 45 vessels of Maritime Commission (MarCom, later MarAd) standard designs were converted to US Navy unclassified miscellaneous vessels (several after suffering heavy damage in commercial service):
Steam vessels of Oregon and the Columbia River and its tributaries Name Reg # Type Use YB Where built Length GT RT End yr Dsp ft m A.A. McCully: 105725 stern psgr 1877 Oregon City, Oregon: 148 45.1 498 364 1885 B A.B. Field: 106147 prop genl 1883 Astoria, Oregon 69 21.0 59 37 1895 O A. Booth: 200821 prop psgr 1904 Astoria, Oregon 51 15.5 14 10 ...
The ferry system, taking advantage of her ocean-going status, sends the vessel on a monthly trans-Gulf of Alaska ("cross-gulf") voyage beginning in Juneau and concluding in Kodiak. On this voyage, the Kennicott is able to provide service to the isolated Gulf of Alaska community of Yakutat and is the only vessel to do so. The cross-gulf voyages ...