{"id":6,"date":"2021-06-22T00:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T00:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-june-2021\/?p=6"},"modified":"2021-07-02T00:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T00:43:44","slug":"capt-richard-g-spear-ferry-launched-from-washburn-doughty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/feature\/capt-richard-g-spear-ferry-launched-from-washburn-doughty\/","title":{"rendered":"Capt. Richard G. Spear ferry launched from Washburn &#038; Doughty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newest vessel of the Maine State Ferry Service fleet, launched April 9, was named after MMA graduate Capt. Richard G. Spear \u201943-1, the first employee of the State Ferry Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Capt. Richard G. Spear glided into the water at the Washburn &#038; Doughty shipyard in East Boothbay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoBox\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RO8Xl0L_dY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"videoCaption\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of MMA President William J. Brennan and MaineDOT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gov. Janet Mills, Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note, Maine Maritime Academy President Dr. William Brennan, Washburn &#038; Doughty President Katie Doughty Maddox, and Capt. Spear\u2019s daughter, Linda, were at the christening and launch ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Read full <a href=\"https:\/\/knox.villagesoup.com\/2021\/04\/09\/the-captain-spear-launched-at-ceremony-1887521\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Village Soup<\/em> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest vessel of the Maine State Ferry Service fleet, launched April 9, was named after MMA graduate Capt. Richard G. Spear \u201943-1, the first employee of the State Ferry Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Capt. Richard G. Spear glided into the water at the Washburn &#038; Doughty shipyard in East Boothbay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of MMA President William J. Brennan and MaineDOT<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Janet Mills, Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note, Maine Maritime Academy President Dr. William Brennan, Washburn &#038; Doughty President Katie Doughty Maddox, and Capt. Spear\u2019s daughter, Linda, were at the christening and launch ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Read full <a href=\"https:\/\/knox.villagesoup.com\/2021\/04\/09\/the-captain-spear-launched-at-ceremony-1887521\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Village Soup<\/em> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/feature\/capt-richard-g-spear-ferry-launched-from-washburn-doughty\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/shipmate-july-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}