Father Mychal Judge (ship)

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]

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	MMSI number: 366834160[1] Callsign: WDG3566
Status	in active service, as of 2012[update]
General characteristics [2]
Type	Passenger ferry
Tonnage	94 GT 63 NT
Length	65 ft (20 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Propulsion	4 × 425 hp (317 kW) 6125 Lugger diesel engines 4 × Hamilton 321 water jets
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.