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This vessel has been leased by Bay Ferries to run between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and the company doing so has said it will rename it The Cat(the name of a vessel previously used on the ferry run).[1] Suggest renaming this page. 331dot (talk) 13:15, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I believe this ship is now best referred to as HST-2 instead of USNS Puerto Rico (HST-2). In the U.S. Navy's Naval Vessel Registerentry for HST-2 this ship is identified as "NO NAME (HST 2)" with a note that "HST 2 WAS FORMERLY NAMED PUERTO RICO. THE NAME WAS REMOVED AS A RESULT OF SECNAV'S DECISION, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 5, 2016". The U.S Navy's Military Sealift Command pretty reliably no longer refers to this vessel as Puerto Rico, and instead mostly just by the hull number HST-2 in locations where HST-1 is identified as USNS Guam (e.g., see this press release, this maintence contract "Operation & Maintenance of USNS GUAM and HST-2", and pg. 64 of MSC's Handbook which identifies "HST 1" as "USNS GUAM" but "HST 2" as "FORMERLY HAWAII SUPERFERRY ALAKAI").
I would add that the picture of the ship with "The Cat" labeling on it still has Alakai on the hull; was it reverted to that name or still called Puerto Rico?331dot (talk) 16:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can tell, the sequence of events is: (1) MARAD acquires Huakai and Alakai in 2010-09, (2) MARAD transfers Huakai and Alakai to the U.S. Navy in 2012-01, (3) The Navy renames HuakaiasUSNS Guam and Alakai as USNS Puerto Rico in 2012-05; Guam is repainted and enters service with the MSC but Puerto Rico is laid up with its original livery (including the name Alakai on its bow), (4) The Navy removes the name Puerto Rico from HST-2 in 2016-02, (5) HST-2 is leased to Bay Ferries in 2016-03 where it operates with Alakai on its bow, branded "THE CAT" on its sides, and officially identified as NO NAME (HST 2) by the Navy. This is why I think the correct name for this ship is now just "HST-2". —RP88(talk)19:39, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Bay Ferries Limited, which operates this vessel, calls it "MV Alakai". I say that because I just booked a passage on it and got a confirmation from them that included this text:
These Terms and Conditions of Carriage shall be incorporated into the legally binding contract of carriage applicable to all passengers traveling on the MV "Alakai" (commercial name "The Cat") or any other vessel employed (the “Vessel”) in service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portland, Maine (the “Service”), and all passengers travelling on the Vessel agree to be bound hereby.
I note that this article's IMO number: 9328912 link goes to a page that calls the ship "HSV ALAKAI".
The US Govt owns her, the govt's hull code for her is "HST-2". The name "Alakai" is just the name being used by the ferry company that is leasing her. It's explained and sourced in the article. - theWOLFchild06:51, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]