MV Hyak

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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 in the Washington State Ferry System. As of 2007, she is currently assigned to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands 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]

[edit] External links

• Vessel info from WSDOT

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