MV Elwha
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 The MV Elwha at Bainbridge Island |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Elwha |
| Owner: | WSDOT |
| Operator: | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of Registry: | Seattle, Washington,  USA |
| Completed: | 1967, rebuilt in 1991 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Super Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage: | 2,813 gross-tonnage 1,322 net-tonnage |
| Length: | 382 ft 2 in (116.5 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 9 in (5.7 m) |
| Deck clearance: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power: | Total 10,200 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines |
| Speed: | 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 2500 passengers 160 vehicles (max 30 commercial) |
The MV Elwha is a Super Class ferry in the Washington State Ferry System.
The Elwha is usually seen working the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route, and is one of only two ferries in the system certified for international sailings because she meets certain Safety Of Life At Sea (or, SOLAS) standards. This allows the Elwha to make the crossing between the United States and British Columbia. The only other vessel in the system with this certification is the Chelan.
The Elwha also has a well-known reputation as being incident prone. Through her career, she has rammed numerous docks, run aground multiple times and was even taken on an alternate route by a captain in the San Juan Islands, who was trying to show a woman passenger her house from the water.[citation needed]
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