{"id":1681,"date":"2023-01-26T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/?page_id=1681"},"modified":"2023-02-02T18:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:17:28","slug":"mv-lyra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/mv-lyra\/","title":{"rendered":"MV Lyra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MV Lyra<\/strong> is a&nbsp;<strong>Pyxis Class<\/strong>&nbsp;passenger <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/ferry\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1770\">ferry<\/a> owned and operated by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/san-francisco-bay-ferry\/\">San Francisco Bay Ferry<\/a>. It frequently serves the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/ca\/vallejo-san-francisco\/\">Vallejo Ferry<\/a>&nbsp;route. It has capacity for 445 passengers, 24 bikes, features onboard restrooms, snacks, drinks and WIFI, and is wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vessel was built by Dakota Creek Industries at a cost of $23 million. It began service in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It uses two MTU 16V4000 EPA Tier 4 engines and two Hamilton HT810 water jets for propulsion. The Vela can reach a service speed of 34 knots (39 miles per hour).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MV Lyra measures 44 meters in length and its hull is made of aluminum. It runs on Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel and has a fuel capacity of 4,400 gallons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyra, pronounced \u201clee-ruh\u201d, is named for a small, dim constellation in the northern sky. The constellation\u2019s name represents the lyre, a stringed musical instrument, and is associated with the myth of the Greek musician and poet Orpheus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos of MV Lyra<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"256\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MV-Lyra.webp\" alt=\"A side view of the MV Lyra, a passenger ferry in the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet. It has a blue, green and white paint job and the San Francisco Bay Ferry logo is on the side.\" class=\"wp-image-1682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MV-Lyra.webp 537w, http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MV-Lyra-300x143.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MV Lyra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Pyxis Class Ferryboats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/mv-pyxis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1670\">MV Pyxis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/mv-vela\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1676\">MV Vela<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MV Lyra is a&nbsp;Pyxis Class&nbsp;passenger ferry owned and operated by&nbsp;San Francisco Bay Ferry. It frequently serves the&nbsp;Vallejo Ferry&nbsp;route. It has capacity for 445 passengers, 24 bikes, features onboard restrooms, snacks, drinks and WIFI, and is wheelchair accessible. The vessel was built by Dakota Creek Industries at a cost of $23 million. It began service in &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"MV Lyra\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/mv-lyra\/#more-1681\" aria-label=\"More on MV Lyra\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1681\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:4097\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}