MV Taku
MV Taku | |
| 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 |
| Launched | 2 July 1962 |
| Commissioned | 1963 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 21 April 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Malaspina-class mainline ferry |
| Tonnage | 2,625 Domestic 7,302 International |
| Displacement | 4,283 long tons (4,352 t) |
| Length | 352 ft (107 m) |
| Beam | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 11 in (5.16 m) |
| Decks | One vehicle deck, three passenger decks |
| Ramps | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading |
| Installed power | Two 4,000 hp MaK Diesel engines |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 42 |
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. The owner sought to sell the ferry internationally, and was unsuccessful, and it was last seen beached in Alang, India, to be scrapped.