Catherine Stevens, wife of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, breaks a bottle of champagne over the bow of the fast ferry Chenega on Saturday at the Derecktor shipyard in Bridgeport, Conn. The sister ship to the Fairweather - and Alaska's second fast ferry - is scheduled to begin daily service in late May between Cordova, Whittier and Valdez.
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