Repair needs delay Alaska ferry scheduled for service in May

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – An Alaska Marine Highway System ferry will not depart in May as scheduled.
The Ketchikan Daily News reported Saturday that the Tustumena ferry was found with extensive steel wastage in the engine room. The system is working with the U.S. Coast Guard on a repair plan to make the 53-year-old vessel safe again.
The ferry went in for a scheduled annual overhaul mid-March and was expected to return to service May 27.
The delay impacts communities in southwest Alask