Father Mychal Judge (ship)
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The Father Mychal Judge is a NY Waterway ferry named in honor of Mychal Judge, a New York City priest who was a victim of al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001.[4]
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The Father Mychal Judge underway on 23 October 2015. | |
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United States | |
Name | Father Mychal Judge |
Namesake | Mychal Judge |
Operator | NY Waterway |
Builder | Allen Marine, Inc., Sitka, Alaska |
Christened | February 20, 2002[1] |
In service | March 2002 |
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Status | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
General characteristics [3] | |
Type | Passenger ferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 65 ft (20 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Capacity | 110 passengers |
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The vessel was christened in March 2002.[5] The ferry participated in the rescue of passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 that made a successful emergency landing on the Hudson River on 15 January 2009.[6][7] On April 6, 2012, her captain, Mohamed Gouda, led his crew in a second rescue of the crew of capsized barge Katherine G..