MV Chinook

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Career
Name:	MV Chinook
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of Registry:	Seattle, Washington,  United States
Completed:	1998
Identification:	Official Number: D1063252 Call Sign: WCY2726[1]
General characteristics
Type:	Catamaran, passenger-only ferry
Length:	143 ft 3 in (43.7 m)
Beam:	39 ft 4 in (12.0 m)
Draft:	5 ft (1.5 m).
Installed power:	Total 7,200 hp from 4 diesel engines
Propulsion:	Waterjet
Speed:	38 kn (70 km/h/44 mph)
Capacity:	350 passengers[2]

The MV Chinook is a Passenger-Only Fast Ferry in the Washington State Ferry System. Her sister ship in the class is the Snohomish. The ferry had been mothballed at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island for four years when she was placed on eBay for auction on February 14, 2008 with an asking price of $4.5 million (USD).^[3]

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