New Steamship Authority Ship Headed North

November 5, 2024

Photo from Steamship Authority showing the converted offshore supply vessel in Alabama waters which will sail locally as the Barnstable.

HYANNIS – The Steamship Authority is about to gain one of its new vessels.

The M/V Barnstable departed from its berth in Mobile, Alabama on Halloween night to start an eight-day voyage to the Steamship maintenance facility in Fairhaven.

The Barnstable is a former ocean supply vessel that was converted. Two others, the Aquinnah and the Monomoy, are set to join the fleet in the near future.

By Jim McCabe, CapeCod.com NewsCenter

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: Steamship Authority

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