The cause of M/V Barnstable’s mangled propeller blades and gouged hull remains a mystery, after Steamship Authority engineers said this week the damage could have occurred without being noticed by the ferry’s crew.
Steamship Authority officials are stumped as to how M/V Barnstable suffered propeller damage so severe the vessel had to be taken out of the water last month for repairs.
Steamship Authority engineers are working to iron out some unexpected wrinkles in the performance of the new freight ferry, M/V Barnstable.
The M/V Barnstable, a repurposed offshore oil vessel, could join the boat line’s fleet later this fall after more than a year’s work at the Alabama Shipyard in Mobile.