 The MV Hyak in Upright Channel, in between Lopez Island and Shaw Island
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| History | |
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| Name | Hyak |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry | Seattle, Washington,  |
| Route | Relief vessel |
| Ordered | 1966 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard, San Diego, California |
| Cost | $6,500,000 |
| Laid down | 1966 |
| Launched | December 17, 1966 |
| Christened | December 17, 1966 |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Acquired | July 4, 1967 |
| Maiden voyage | July 19, 1967 |
| In service | July 20, 1967 |
| Out of service | June 30, 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Retired |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Super-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 3,634 long tons (3,692 t) |
| Length | 382 ft 2 in (116.5 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) |
| Decks | 5 |
| Deck clearance | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power | Total 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) from 4 x diesel-electric engines |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric (DC) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Capacity |
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The MV Hyak is a Super-class ferry that was operated by Washington State Ferries. Built in 1966 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego, the ferry began service on July 20, 1967, and normally ran on the Seattle–Bremerton route or the Anacortes–San Juan Islands run.
Hyak is Chinook Jargon for "speedy".[1]
- ^ "M/V Hyak". Washington State Ferries. Retrieved September 10, 2016.