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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.
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.
SS Columbia (1894), a British mail ship sold to France and sunk in World War I; SS Columbia (1896), a Canadian screw-driven tugboat; SS Columbia (1902 steamboat), an American excursion steamship; SS Columbia (1902 ocean liner), a Scottish passenger/cargo vessel originally named HMS Columbella and subsequently named Moreas, scrapped in Venice 1929
MV Columbia was a passenger motor vessel that was operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1948 to 1954. She was the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's last vessel in a long line of ships on the Arrow Lakes and was sold after the retirement of SS Minto to Ivan Horie, who continued a freight service for a few years.
As of 2003, [4] judging by the pennant/hull numbers, there was an estimated number of 167: BC-1000 to BC-1041 (41) and BT-1100 to BT-1226 (126). However, a firm number is difficult to establish due to combat and service losses, some hulls may have been rebuilt locally, as well as it is likely additional batches have been acquired, and/or added ...
This vessel was built in 1981 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and included self-unloading technology. The ship is 1,000 feet (304.8 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 80,900 tons (at midsummer draft), either coal or iron ore .
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 ...
M/V Taku is a Malaspina-class mainline vessel built for the Alaska Marine Highway System. The ship has been retired and was sold to a Dubai-based company for $171,000. [ 5 ] The owner sought to sell the ferry internationally, and was unsuccessful, and it was last seen beached in Alang , India , to be scrapped.