Largest cruise ship to visit Alaska docks in Ketchikan for first time
Posted by Molly Lubbers | Aug 2, 2021
Ovation of the Seas docked in Berths 1 and 2 on August 2. It was the first time the massive ship has ever visited Ketchikan. (Molly Lubbers/KRBD).
For the first time ever, the largest cruise ship to visit Alaska has made its way to Ketchikan. As KRBD’s Molly Lubbers reports, the city had to put in a lot of work to host a ship of this size.
1,138 feet long and 136 feet wide, the Ovation of the Seas ship loomed over downtown Ketchikan when it docked at Berths 1 and 2. As the only cruise ship in town, there was plenty of space to accommodate its nearly 1,200-foot long profile.