Father Mychal Judge (ship)
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| The Father Mychal Judge underway on 23 October 2015.
The Father Mychal Judge underway on 23 October 2015.
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| 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 |
| Identification: | MMSI: 366834160[2] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
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| Type: | Passenger ferry |
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| Length: | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Capacity: | 110 passengers |
The Father Mychal Judge is a NY Waterway ferry named in honor of Mychal Judge a New York City pastor who was murdered in al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001.[4]
The vessel was christened in March 2002.[5] The ferry participated in the rescue of passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 that remarkably successfully safely landed 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..
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