M/V Taku is a Malaspina-class mainline vessel built for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

[5] The owner sought to sell the ferry internationally, and was unsuccessful, and it was last seen beached in Alang, India, to be scrapped.

Designed by Philip F. Spaulding & Associates, constructed in 1963 by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company in Seattle, Washington,[1] the M/V Taku is named after Taku Glacier which is located just southeast of Juneau, Alaska, and has been in the ferry system for over forty years.

In 1981, the Taku received a major refurbishment[citation needed] and was in service steadily until the summer of 2015 when she was laid up due to budget considerations.

The M/V Taku was the largest of the three AMHS vessels able to serve the communities of Hoonah and Kake and because of this served as a critical component of providing transportation out of Hoonah and Kake after the "milk run" ferry, the MV LeConte hit a rock and went into dry dock.