MV Chenega is a catamaran ferry built by Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, Connecticut for the Alaska Marine Highway System entering service 2005.
After being laid up in 2017, in March 2021 it was sold by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas along with sister ship MV Fairweather for service between Spain and Ibiza.
The new plan was to have the Chenega run this Southeast Alaska route in the winter and then transfer the ferry up to Prince William Sound in the summer.
Because of this, Cordova, the Chenega's Prince William Sound home, was especially outraged after the decision to transfer the boat to Ketchikan.
In the winter, the MV Aurora took the Chenega's place running the Prince William Sound route.