MV Island Home
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MV Island Home is a ferry built by VT Halter Marine in 2005 for the Steamship Authority. She replaced the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". on the Authority's route between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven.[1] She has been serving the Woods Hole–Martha's Vineyard route since her maiden voyage on March 5, 2007.[2][3]
The Island Home is different from most vessels in the Steamship Authority fleet in that she is a double-ended ferry and does not have to turn around before entering a slip.
Island Home was named after the sidewheel steamer Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". which served Martha's Vineyard for most of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Her keel was laid on April 27, 2005[4] and she was launched on July 21, 2006.[1] Her final construction cost was $32.1 million.[3]
Island Home was built to a plan by the Elliott Bay Design Group, and has a capacity of 1,200 people and 76 vehicles, with a loaded displacement tonnage of about 1,950 tonnes and a gross tonnage of 4,311.[1] She is powered by two Electro-Motive diesel engines, and has a top speed of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
In October 2007, Island Home experienced a minor collision when the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". struck her while departing Woods Hole; damage to both vessels was minimal.[5]
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