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M/V ''Tustumena'' is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.〔Alaska Department of Transportation(Alaska Marine Highway Vessel Profiles )〕 ''Tustumena'' was constructed in 1963 by Christy Corporation in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and refurbished in 1969 in San Francisco. As the only mainline ferry in South-central Alaska and the Aleutian Chain, it principally runs between Kodiak, Seldovia, Port Lions, and Homer with Homer providing a road link to the other communities on the Kenai Peninsula. The only interruptions from this schedule occur when making a voyage out the Aleutian Chain (the Aleutian Chain run consists of the communities of Akutan, Chignik, Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Sand Point, and Unalaska/Dutch Harbor) which the vessel undergoes eight times a year all of which occur during the summer as winter weather becomes too dangerous. Because of the exposed and unstable parts of Alaska it plies, the ''Tustumena'' is an accredited ocean-going vessel, a quality it shares exclusively with the ''Kennicott''. As such, the ''Tustumena'' is replaced by the when it undergoes annual maintenance. The ''Tustumena'' is the smallest AMHS vessel to have cabins. The ''Tustumenas amenities include a full service dining room; cocktail lounge and bar; solarium; forward, aft, movie, and business lounges; eight four-berth cabins and 18 two-berth cabins. The large black structure on the aft portion of the vessel is a car elevator. It is used in all communities where there is not a dedicated ramp loading directly into the car deck. While the car elevator for the ''Tustumena'' is exposed on the exterior, the ''Kennicott'' car elevator is located inside the vessel. == Future == In the fall of 2012, "Tustumena" went into scheduled maintenance at the dry-docks of Seward Alaska. Several found issues pushed her return from service from the original May 29th to a planned July 23rd, leaving the state without a ship available to do her run. Given the age of the vessel, and her extended time in dry-dock, the State is looking to find or build a replacement vessel, with design work to start in the fall of 2013 and construction of a replacement to begin as early as 2015. 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「MV Tustumena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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