Alakai
HST-2 leaving Yarmouth Harbour
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| Name: | Alakai |
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| Builder: | Austal USA |
| Cost: | US$88M |
| Yard number: | 615 |
| Way number: | 1 |
| Laid down: | June 3, 2004 |
| Launched: | January 18, 2007 |
| Christened: | April 14, 2007 |
| Maiden voyage: | August, 2007 |
| In service: | 2007 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Type: | Ferry |
| Displacement: | 1,646 tons |
| Length: | 349 ft (106 m) |
| Beam: | 78 ft (24 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Decks: | 4 |
| Deck clearance: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 4 x MTU-8000 diesel engines |
| Propulsion: | 4 x Rolls-Royce KaMeWa 125MkII waterjets |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Capacity: | 866 passengers, 282 cars |
| Crew: | 21 |
HST-2, formerly USNS Puerto Rico (HST-2), formerly Alakai, is a vessel currently owned by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was originally Hawaii Superferry's first high-speed ferry. The vessel is currently chartered by Bay Ferries Limited to operate a ferry service between Portland, Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The design of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport is similar to the two high-speed ferries operated by Hawaii Superferry, both built by Austal USA.
HST-2 was built as Alakai, which means "sea path" in the Hawaiian language. The vessel is a 349-foot (106 m) long high-speed roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) passenger and vehicle ferry. She used to operate a daily service operated by Hawaii Superferry at a speed of 35 knots (65 km/h) between the islands of Oahu and Maui. HST-2 has a capacity of 866 passengers and up to 282 subcompact cars. Alternately, its vehicle decks can be reconfigured in five minutes to carry up to 20 large trucks and 90 cars.
Like her sister ship USNS Guam (formerly Huakai), the vessel features environmentally friendly technologies including non-toxic bottom paint, zero wastewater discharge and clean diesel engines.
Hawaii Superferry's vessels were designed and built by Austal USA, a subsidiary of Austal, an Australian company that is the world's largest builder of fast ferries. Construction on HST-2 began in June 2004 in Mobile, Alabama. The ship was launched in January 2007, christened in April 2007 and sea trials went smoothly.
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