Father Mychal Judge (ship)
New York Waterway ferry
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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.[3]
NameFather Mychal Judge
NamesakeMychal Judge
OperatorNY Waterway
BuilderAllen Marine, Inc., Sitka, Alaska
The Father Mychal Judge underway on 23 October 2015. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Father Mychal Judge |
| Namesake | Mychal Judge |
| Operator | NY Waterway |
| Builder | Allen Marine, Inc., Sitka, Alaska |
| Christened | February 20, 2002 |
| In service | March 2002 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| 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 |
The vessel was christened in March 2002.[4] 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.[5][6] On April 6, 2012, her captain, Mohamed Gouda, led his crew in a second rescue of the crew of capsized barge Katherine G.