I too am very sad that the MAUI is now gone as I know Matson maintained her well over the years. Is KAUAI still running?
those two as well as the MANULANI and MANUKAI were all fine ships and it is a shame they all have to die. I would have thought Matson would have bid on the tenders for the Air Force prepo ammunition ships with them. Easy to keep the boilers cold while at anchor and just have a very big diesel genset on deck then if the balloon were to go up, light off and make tracks to where ever the fight might be.