MV Walla Walla

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The MV Walla Walla in Puget Sound
Career
Name: MV Walla Walla
Owner: WSDOT
Operator: Washington State Ferries
Port of Registry: Seattle, Washington, Flag of the United States United States
Builder: Todd Shipyard, Seattle, WA
Completed: 1972
Refurbished: 2005[1]
Identification: Official Number:546382
Call Sign: WYX2158[1]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Jumbo Class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage: 3,246 gross-tonnage
1,198 net-tonnage
Length: 440 ft (134 m)
Beam: 87 ft (27 m)
Draft: 18 ft (5 m)
Deck clearance: 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power: Total 11,500 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines
Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h/21 mph)
Capacity: 2,000 passengers
188 vehicles (max 60 commercial)[2]

The MV Walla Walla is a Jumbo Class ferry in the Washington State Ferry System. After being replaced on the Seattle-Winslow route by the Jumbo Mark II Class ferry, she began serving as a fill-in vessel for whenever one of the larger ferries goes into scheduled maintenance periods, usually she can be found on either the Seattle-Bremerton route Seattle-Bainbridge Island route, or the Edmonds-Kingston route.[1] Currently she is serving on the Edmonds-Kingston route. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Jumbos today, evergreenfleet.com
  2. ^ Vessel info from WSDOT
  3. ^ Current route information - WSDOT, retrieved Mar 31, 2008