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  • State ferry's hull intact after grounding

    01/30/2009 7:13:27 PM PST · by GATOR NAVY · 5 replies · 572+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | 30 Jan 09 | JAMES HALPIN
    The Alaska state ferry Lituya broke free from its moorings in Metlakatla overnight with no one aboard and ran aground a mile north on Scrub Island in Port Chester, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The 180-foot vessel dislodged at its home berth in the Southeast town at about 1 a.m. to begin its phantom voyage. The vessel was spotted aground earlier today, and preliminary reports indicate the Lituya suffered damage to its keel coolers, which were leaking some antifreeze -- the quantity was not immediately clear -- and damage to the vessel's plates, said state Department of Transportation spokesman...