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Originally the ship toured between [[Travemünde]] (Germany) and [[Helsinki]] (Finland), taking only 22 hours for the trip. It later moved to start from [[Rostock]], and served other coastal towns like [[Tallinn]] or [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. |
Originally the ship toured between [[Travemünde]] (Germany) and [[Helsinki]] (Finland), taking only 22 hours for the trip. It later moved to start from [[Rostock]], and served other coastal towns like [[Tallinn]] or [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. |
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This ferry is currently rented to the faculty of medicine of [[Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans]] to provide housing to students, faculty, and staff displaced by [[Hurricane Katrina]]. It is docked on the west bank of the [[Mississippi River]] across from [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]. |
This ferry is currently rented to the faculty of medicine of [[Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans]] to provide housing to students, faculty, and staff displaced by [[Hurricane Katrina]]. It is docked on the west bank of the [[Mississippi River]] across from [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], at the base of the [[Horace Wilkinson Bridge]]. |
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There are no plans to have the ship again in the Baltic Sea. |
There are no plans to have the ship again in the Baltic Sea. |
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Revision as of 05:18, 23 March 2006
The GTS Finnjet is a cruiseferry operating on the Baltic Sea. It belongs to the Silja Line. The ship was built in 1977. It was in its time the fastest car ferry in the world, powered by gas turbines.
Originally the ship toured between Travemünde (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland), taking only 22 hours for the trip. It later moved to start from Rostock, and served other coastal towns like Tallinn or St. Petersburg.
This ferry is currently rented to the faculty of medicine of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans to provide housing to students, faculty, and staff displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It is docked on the west bank of the Mississippi River across from Baton Rouge, at the base of the Horace Wilkinson Bridge.
There are no plans to have the ship again in the Baltic Sea.
See also
External links
- http://www.silja.fi/FLEET/Finnjet
- SILJAweb.com
- FINNJETweb.com
- FinnJet Temporary Housing from LSU Health Sciences Center
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