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Che Artroit Marine Historian Journal of MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Detroit Volume 18, Now & December, 1964 M/V TUSTUMENA (US 295172) Photo by Jerry Heiman Detroit Free Press Built by Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., as HULL 418 for the State of Alaska (Department of Public Works), Juneau, to dim- ensions of 211'2" x 59t x 21'6", Launched Dec. 4, 1963, the car- ferry underwent lake trials June 5 and departed shortly there- after for delivery to her owners at Seattle, 10,000 miles from her builder's yard. She is engaged in service between Homer, Ko- diak Island and Seward. She is of 1,576 gross tons, 1,605 net. Propulsion is provided by two 10-cylinder Fairbanks-Morse diesels with a combined brake horsepower of 3,200, She is here pictured at Detroit last June 18 when she paused on her delivery voyage for radiophone adjustments. Bill Luke