MV Wickersham

{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Wickersham IMO 6717148 P Seattle 1974.jpg | image_caption = ''Wickersham'' at the [[Seattle]] in 1974 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = [[Sweden]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Sweden}} | name = ''Stena Britannica''<ref name="SitNews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sitnews.us/Kiffer/Wickersham/101106_wickersham.html |title=The Wickersham sailed on after leaving Alaska |last =Kiffer |first =Dave |date =October 11, 2006 |website =Sit News |publisher = |accessdate =June 25, 2013}}</ref> | namesake = | owner = [[Stena Line]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | operator = | registry = | route = [[Kiel]]-[[Gothenburg]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | ordered = | awarded = | builder = [[Langesund mekaniske verksted|A/S Langesunds Mek]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 1967<ref name="SitNews1" /> | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = Sold to [[Alaska Marine Highway]] | notes = | badge = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[United States]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|United States}} | name = ''Wickersham'' | namesake = [[James Wickersham]] | owner = [[Image:Flag of Alaska.svg|20px]] [[Alaska Marine Highway System]] | operator = | registry = {{flag|United States}} | route = [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] (WA), [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]] (BC), [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]] | acquired = by purchase, April 1968 | commissioned = 1968 | decommissioned = 1974 | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = {{IMO Number|6717148}} | motto = | nickname = | fate = Sold to [[Sally Line]] | notes = | badge = }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[Finland]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Finland}} | name = ''Viking 6'' <ref name="simp1">{{cite web|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Viking_Viking_6.html#anchor236020 |title=Stena Britannica |last = |first = |date = |website =Simplon Postcards; The Passenger Ship Website |publisher = |accessdate =June 25, 2013}}</ref> | namesake = | owner = [[Sally Line]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | operator = [[Viking Line]]<ref name="simp1" /> | registry = | route = [[Stockholm]]-[[Helsinki]]<ref name="simp1" /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1974<ref name="simp1" /> | out_of_service = 1980<ref name="simp1" /> | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = | notes = | badge = }}

|section5={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[France]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|France}} | name = ''Goelo'' | namesake = | owner = [[Sally Line]]<ref name="simp1" /> | operator = [[Brittany Ferries]]<ref name="simp1" /> | registry = | route = [[Portsmouth]]-[[St Malo]]<ref name="simp1" /> | acquired = | commissioned = 1980<ref name="simp1" /> | decommissioned = 1982<ref name="simp1" /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = Sold to Sol Lines | notes = | badge = }}

|section6={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[Cyprus]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Cyprus}} | name = ''Sol Olympia'' | namesake = | owner = [[Sol Lines]]<ref name="simp1" /> | operator = [[Sol Lines]]<ref name="simp1" /> | registry = | route = [[Venice]]-[[Haifa]]<ref name="simp1" /> | acquired = | commissioned = 1982<ref name="simp1" /> | decommissioned = 1985<ref name="simp1" /> | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = Reverted to AB Sally after Sol Lines bankruptcy | notes = | badge = }}

|section7={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[Finland]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Finland}} | name = ''Sun Express'' | namesake = | owner = [[Sally Line]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | operator = [[Viking Line]]<ref name="simp1" /> | registry = | route = | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1985<ref name="simp1" /> | out_of_service = 1986<ref name="simp1" /> | renamed = ''Viking 6'' | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = | notes = | badge = }}

|section8={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[Italy]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Italy}} | name = ''Moby Dream'' | namesake = | owner = [[Moby Lines]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | operator = | registry = | route = | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1986<ref name="simp1" /> | out_of_service = 1994<ref name="simp1" /> | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = | notes = | badge = }}

|section9={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = title | country = [[Italy]] | flag = {{shipboxflag|Italy}} | name = ''Sardegna Bella'' | namesake = | owner = [[Moby Lines]]<ref name="SitNews1" /> | operator = [[Sardegna Lines]] | registry = | route = | acquired = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1994<ref name="simp1" /> | out_of_service = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = | identification = | nickname = | fate = Scrapped in 2001<ref name="simp1" /> | notes = | badge = }}

|section10={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = | type = | tonnage = | displacement = | length = {{convert|363|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = | height = | draft = | depth = | hold_depth = | decks = One vehicle deck | deck_clearance = | ramps = Bow | ice_class = 1B | power = | propulsion = | speed = | range = | endurance = | boats = | capacity = 1,300 passengers | crew = | notes = }} }} '''MV ''Wickersham''''' was a mainline [[ferry]] vessel for the [[Alaska Marine Highway]]. ''Wickersham'' was the second vessel, after the {{ship|MV|Chilkat|}}, in the Alaska Marine Highway fleet to not have been constructed specifically for AMHS, but was rather acquired for from the [[Stena Line]], where it was known as the '''''Stena Britannica''''' and served the [[Kiel]], [[Germany]]&ndash;[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] route. Constructed just one year prior to its purchase by AMHS in April 1968, her arrival and status as an "oceangoing" vessel allowed AMHS to expand the southern terminus of its route system south to [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] and the [[Port of Seattle]]. [[File:Fährschiff STENA BRITANNICA (schwed.) (Kiel 42.611).jpg|left|thumb|''Stenna Britannica'']] Due to the [[Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886|Passenger Services Act]] and laws of [[cabotage]], however, the ''Wickersham'' could only undergo its Washington-Alaska voyages with an intermediate stop in [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]]. Further complicating her service was her complicated bow unloading system which was only compatible with AMHS ports in [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], and [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]], in addition to the ports of Seattle and Prince Rupert. Her large size and draft which served her well in the turbulent waters of [[Dixon Entrance]] and other exposed portions of the Alaska-Washington voyage, were too great to slip through passages of water such as [[Peril Strait]] en route to Sitka, which forced her to approach Sitka from the outer coast of [[Baranof Island]] and through the [[Pacific Ocean]]. [[File:AMHS's Wickersham @ Fairview Terminal, Prince Rupert - c1970.jpg|left|thumb|''Wickersham'' at the [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]] terminal in 1970]] [[File:Viking 6_IMO 6717148_F_Emden_04-1975.jpg|thumb|left|''Viking 6'' at [[Emden]] in April 1975]]With the debut of the {{MV|Columbia||2}}, the marine highway's new flagship vessel, in 1974, the ''Wickersham'' was sold to the Finland-based [[Rederi Ab Sally]] as the ''Viking 6'', where she sailed from [[Stockholm]] to [[Helsinki]] under the [[Viking Line]] brand.

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Alaska Marine Highway System}}

==External links== * {{cite web |last1=Kiffer |first1=Dave |url=http://www.sitnews.us/Kiffer/Wickersham/101106_wickersham.html |title=SitNews - The 'Wickersham' sailed on after leaving Alaska |publisher=www.sitnews.us |accessdate=2009-10-04 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickersham}} [[Category:1967 ships]] [[Category:Ships built in Norway]] [[Category:Former Alaska Marine Highway System vessels]]