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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Huakai |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Builder | Austal USA |
| Cost | US$88M |
| Yard number | 616 |
| Launched | September 29, 2008 |
| Completed | September 2008 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Navy in 2012 |
| Notes | Never entered commercial service |
| United States | |
| Name | USNS Guam |
| Owner | United States Navy |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Christened | 27 April 2019[1] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ferry |
| Displacement | 1,646 tons |
| Length | 373 ft (114 m) |
| Beam | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Deck clearance | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power | 4 x MTU 20V 8000 M70 |
| Propulsion | 4 x Rolls-Royce KaMeWa 125MkII waterjets |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Capacity | 866 passengers, 282 cars |
| Crew | 21 |
USNS Guam (T-HST-1), formerly Hawaii Superferry's Huakai, is a United States Navy high-speed transport vessel.[2] The ship was completed in September 2008 and was intended to start Hawaiian service in May 2009, though delivery postponements saw that planned service canceled. In the Hawaiian language, huakaʻi means "journey".
The design of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport is 70 percent in common with the Hawaii Superferries, both built by Austal USA.
- ^ "Military Sealift Command's USNS Guam christened in Okinawa" (Press release). United States Pacific Fleet. April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ "Secretary of the Navy Names High Speed Ferries Guam and Puerto Rico – May 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.