The Philippine-bound Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough ferry M/V Susitna has successfully passed sea trials June 23, Matanuska-Susitna Borough said. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) officially took the ownership of the said asset June 30.
Representatives of the Philippine Red Cross and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough were aboard M/V Susitna during the sea trials. All engines passed inspection.
“The Philippine Red Cross now owns the ship,” said Matanuska-Susitna Borough Manager John Moosey after signing final documents Thursday, June 30. “We wish them well in their efforts to save and improve lives in the Philippine Islands.”
“It’s unbelievable the amount of paperwork, the number of agencies it takes to do something of this magnitude. I thank the Assembly for their troubleshooting follow-through. Our Borough Auditor James Wilson is the key to the success of selling a U.S. Navy prototype to a foreign entity. The unique vessel will be put to good use,” he added.
PRC Chairman Richard J. Gordon moved for the acquisition of the M/V Susitna, a 195-foot military prototype vessel that was supposed to be turned into a ferry service between Point MacKenzie and Anchorage in Alaska.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has been trying to sell the vessel for about three years since plans to build a landing terminal outside of Anchorage fell through. The Mat-Su Assembly unanimously approved the plan to sell the ferry to the PRC for USD 1.75 million, a fraction of what the borough originally hoped to get for it.
“Since it is designed for direct beach landings and to operate and land cargo and passengers on unimproved areas and damaged ports and wharfs, we won’t have to go through what we have experienced during Yolanda again,” Gordon previously said.
http://www.update.ph/2016/07/ph-officially-owns-mv-susitna/6943
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