 MV Taku
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| History | |
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| Name | Taku |
| Namesake | Taku Glacier, Juneau, Alaska |
| Owner |  Alaska Marine Highway System |
| Port of registry |  United States |
| Builder | Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Cost | $4.5 Million USD[1] |
| Launched | 2 July 1962[2] |
| Commissioned | 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 21 April 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Malaspina-class mainline ferry |
| Tonnage | 2,625 Domestic 7,302 International[clarification needed][3] |
| Displacement | 4,283 long tons (4,352 t)[3] |
| Length | 352 ft (107 m)[3] |
| Beam | 74 ft (23 m)[3] |
| Draft | 16 ft 11 in (5.16 m)[3] |
| Decks | One vehicle deck, three passenger decks [4] |
| Ramps | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading |
| Installed power | Two 4,000 hp MaK Diesel engines [4] |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)[3] |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 42[3] |
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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Cohen p16was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Taku (5351052)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Vessel Profiles, M/V Taku
- ^ a b Welcome Aboard
- ^ Brooks, James (2018-01-23). "'Bittersweet for Alaska': Beloved ferry Taku just sold to a Dubai company". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 25 May 2018.