MV Snohomish

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Career
Name:	MV Snohomish
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of Registry:	Seattle, Washington,  United States
Completed:	1999
Identification:	Official Number: D1084026 Call Sign: WCZ4837[1]
General characteristics
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:	30 kn (56 km/h/35 mph)
Capacity:	350 passengers[2]

The M/V Snohomish is a Passenger-Only Fast Ferry in the Washington State Ferry System of the United States. Snohomish is the name of a Pacific Northwest indigenous people, as well as a Washington city, county, and river.

She was mothballed for years at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island. Washington State Ferries announced that she would be returned to service in November, 2007 to replace the Klickitat on the Keystone-Port Townsend run.

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