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These state of the art IFA passenger/vehicle ferries link Prince of Wales Island with Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg. The vessels were designed expressly to serve the island communities of southern Southeast Alaska. Daily passenger/ vehicle service between Hollis and Ketchikan by the M/V PRINCE OF WALES was inaugurated January 15, 2002. The new M/V STIKINE inaugurates service on the northern Coffman Cove- Wrangell-Petersburg route May 18, 2006. IFA vessels connect with Alaska Marine Highway System ferries at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg.
Specifications for both vessels include a length of 198 feet, breadth of 51 feet, passenger and vehicle decks, a bow thruster, power provided by twin 1500 horsepower diesels, with a service speed of 15 knots.
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