Dakota Creek Industries and client Otto Candies offered a rare opportunity Saturday, inviting the public to an open house aboard the new vessel M/V Grant Candies, pictured here at the Port of Anacortes. The 2,600-ton, 292-foot merchant vessel is owned by a Louisiana-based marine transportation and towing company. Representatives from Otto Candies, including Otto Candies Jr., attended the event. The vessel will serve as an off-shore supply ship for crews inspecting and maintaining underwater oil structures. The Grant Candies, which can house up to 150 people, features a private cinema, heliport and a fully-equipped hospital. According to the Anacortes American, the $60 million-plus vessel is the first of three Dakota Creek is scheduled to build. Pieces of the second, M/V Ross Candies, are being cut and assembled in the company