After a stint in a Ketchikan shipyard, the Matanuska will resume its scheduled service in mid-December, running from Ketchikan to Bellingham, Wash., to pick up its generally weekly runs from Puget Sound through Southeast Alaska. (Left to right) New Third Mate Mary Zehnder, Third Mate Cassidy Patton, Captain Keith Hilliard, Chief Mate Ryan Seaver, Pilot Lee Walkowsky and Second Mate William Albrant.
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