- For the P&O Cruises cruise ship, see MV Aurora
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Commissioned: | 1977 |
| Classification: | American Bureau of Shipping |
| Home Port: | Cordova, Alaska |
| Other Ports: | Valdez, Whittier, Tatitlek |
| Decommissioned: | Currently active |
| Fate: | Currently active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,132 long tons |
| Length: | 235 ft (72 m) |
| Beam: | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 10 and 7/8 inches |
| Horsepower: | 4,300 |
| Speed: | 14. Cordova is a small city located near the mouth of the Copper River in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States, at the head of Valdez ( is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the US state of Alaska. Whittier is a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U Tatitlek is a Census-designated place (CDP in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. 5 knots |
| Capacity: | Passengers, 250 Automobiles, 34 |
| Access: | Aft, port, and starboard ro-ro loading One vehicle deck |
| Named After: | Aurora Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park |
The M/V Aurora is a feeder vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. See also Merchant ship Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro Ships are ferries designed to carry wheeled Cargo such as Aurora Glacier is a four-mile-long (64 km Glacier in the U The area around Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska was first proclaimed a U Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U
The M/V Aurora was built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1977 by Peterson Shipbuilders and commissioned by the Alaska Marine Highway System the same year. Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the County seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U The Aurora is the younger sister ship to the M/V LeConte and both serve or have served as feeder vessels that pick up passengers in small communities such as Pelican and Hoonah and take them to larger regional communities (this process is colloquially known as the "milk run"). Grounding On May 10, 2004, the M/V LeConte nearly sank after running aground Cozian Reef in Peril Strait en route to Sitka Pelican is a city in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U Hoonah is a city on Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. However, unlike the LeConte, the Aurora was moved out of Southeast Alaska into Prince William Sound area in 2005 to take the place of the retired M/V Bartlett. The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U Prince William Sound is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U This move, however, was highly controversial as the M/V Chenega, a fast ferry, was supposed to take this role and been promised for years in advance to the Prince William Sound area and specifically to be homeported in the city of Cordova. Route The Chenega ran into controversy from virtually the day it came into service Cordova is a small city located near the mouth of the Copper River in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States, at the head of Instead, the ferry system reneged on this promise and moved the Chenega to a Ketchikan-Wrangell route. Ketchikan (ˈkɛtʃɪkæn is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States and the southeasternmost sizable city in that state Wrangell is a city and borough in Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2308 Currently, the Aurora is being hubbed out of Cordova (although, unlike the fast ferry, the Aurora operates 24-hours a day so it doesn't have a crew that lives in its homeport thus denying that city the economic stimulus of additional residents/jobs. This is the primary motive for the especially rancorous uproar from Cordova regarding the Chenega's route placement) and operating principally between Cordova, Whittier, and Valdez with whistle stops (the ferry only stops if there are prior reservations) in Tatitlek and Chenega Bay. Whittier is a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U Valdez ( is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the US state of Alaska. Tatitlek is a Census-designated place (CDP in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. Chenega is a Census-designated place (CDP on Evans Island in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U
The Aurora's amenities include a hot-food cafeteria, movie and forward observation lounges, and solarium. There are no cabins on the Aurora both because of its small size and the lack of demand due to its feeder route running times.
The Aurora and the M/V LeConte are the only AMHS vessels able to serve the communities of Angoon, Kake, Pelican, Tenakee Springs, and two of the three vessels (the M/V Taku also is able to access this port) to serve Hoonah. Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun) is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. Kake is a city in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, United States. Pelican is a city in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U Tenakee Springs is a city on Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. Hoonah is a city on Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. This quality is due because of these vessels' small sizes thus making them both vital assets for the ferry system and the residents of these rural villages although currently the Aurora is not being utilized for this unique capacity.
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