MV Hyak

The MV Hyak in Rich Passage
History
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 operated by Washington State Ferries.

As of 2008, she is currently assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton 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. She is still a steady runner however, being one of the most trouble-free boats of class. Hyak is chinook jargon for "speedy".

The Hyak regularly serves the Seattle-Bremerton route. On October 2008, she was transferred to the Edmonds-Kingston route to replace the MV Walla Walla, which was discovered to have a damaged thrust bearing. The Hyak will serve that route until repairs to the Walla Walla are complete. The Hyak as of Fall 2011 is operating on the Anacortes-San Juans route. In Fall 2011 she is replacing the Puyallup on the Edmonds-Kingston route. She was later moved to the Seattle-Bremerton route so the Walla Walla could go in the Puyallup's spot.

Incidents

On April 20, 1986, the Hyak ran aground in Anacortes, WA. None of the 250 people on board were hurt, but the ferry sustained damages that cost $250,000 to repair.

External links

• Vessel info from WSDOT