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1950s postcard of Islander at Woods Hole. It was built in 1950 by Maryland Drydock Company and was a ferry for the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, primarily on the Martha's Vineyard run, until March 5, 2007, when it was replaced with the new M/V Island Home, a new ferry which is both larger and faster than the "Islander".
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
MV Vineyard Lady: 2015 Hyannis–Martha's Vineyard High speed catamaran, built in 2007 by Yank Marine [9] MV Grey Lady IV: 2016 Hyannis–Nantucket High speed catamaran, built by Gladding-Heam Shipbuilding [9] MV Monhegan 2023 Cape Cod Canal Cruises Built in 1959 for the Maine State Ferry Co. as a car ferry.
MV Island Home is a ferry built by VT Halter Marine in 2005 for the Steamship Authority. She replaced the MV Islander on the Authority's route between Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven . [ 1 ] She has been serving the Woods Hole–Martha's Vineyard route since her maiden voyage on March 5, 2007.
Martha's Vineyard constitutes the bulk of Dukes County, Massachusetts, which also includes the Elizabeth Islands and the island of Nomans Land. The island's year-round population has considerably increased since the 1960s. In the 2023 Martha's Vineyard Commission report, the year-round population was 20,530, an increase from 16,460 in 2010. [3]
Martha’s Vineyard is in the news — and this time it has nothing to do with a celebrity vacationing on the island. A group of migrants were flown to the island Wednesday. Florida Gov. Ron ...
1940s postcard of the Martha's Vineyard. SS Martha's Vineyard was a ferry that operated in New England for much of the 20th century.. She was constructed by Bath Iron Works for the New England Steamship Company (since consolidated into the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority) as the Islander. [1]
The Martha’s Vineyard incident was the latest escalation of a months-long campaign by Republican governors in southern border states to send recently arrived migrants, mostly asylum seekers ...