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Knik Arm ferry or Cook Inlet ferry, was a proposed year-round passenger and auto ferry across Knik Arm between Anchorage and Point MacKenzie in Alaska. The project was to use the M/V ''Susitna'' SWATH / barge convertible expedition craft, which was built for , to connect Alaska's financial center with the fastest growing community in Alaska, just two miles across water. No ferry landings were ever built. The ship was never put into commission. Berthing it with crew, lease costs, fuel, etc. ran up to( per month) The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly did not want taxpayers to pay such costs. Mat-Su Borough offered to transfer the ferry for free to government entities in the U.S. in January 2013 or to sell the ship to a commercial interest. Sealed bids were taken through March 29, 2013.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=13-090S, Sale of the M/V Susitna )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mat-Su Borough offers star-crossed M/V Susitna ferry for free )〕 ==M/V ''Susitna''== The ferry is a one-of-a-kind, ice-capable vessel that can transition from barge to twin-hulled ship, designed by ''Guido, Perla & Associates'' based on a concept by Lockheed-Martin Corporation for the Office of Naval Research as a half-sized prototype for a military vessel. ''Susitna'' was built by Alaska Ship and Drydock, Inc., in Ketchikan. Design and construction costs were funded by the United States Navy Office of Naval Research to study the technology for its potential as a new type of expeditionary landing craft, also called an "E-craft".〔(Knik Arm ferry will be first of its kind''APRN'' (audio file) )〕 Basic construction of the ferry was completed and she was christened M/V ''Susitna'' in June 2010, but it was never put into service.〔(Former Anchorage mayor hypes railroad line to Port MacKenzie ''Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 6/4/2010'' )〕 The vessel is long and has a capacity is 129 passengers and 20 automobiles. Her design incorporates lift technology that allows changing from the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) mode to barge mode by lowering or raising her center deck.〔 She is the world's first ice capable twin hulled vessel; and the world's first ship able to convert between a high-speed SWATH hull to a shallow barge-type. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knik Arm ferry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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