| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1927-1940: MV Stockton 1940-2009: MV Klickitat |
| Owner: | 1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940-1951: Puget Sound Navigation Company 1951-present: WSDOT |
| Operator: | 1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940-1951: Black Ball Line 1951-2007: Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry: | Seattle, USA |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA |
| Completed: | Built: 1927 Refit: 1981 |
| In service: | 1927 |
| Out of service: | November 20, 2007 |
| Identification: | Official Number: 226567 Call Sign: WA6855 |
| Fate: | scrapped in 2009, Ensenada, MEX |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Steel Electric Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Length: | 256 ft (78 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 10 in (22.5 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Deck clearance: | 13 ft 4 in (4.1 m) |
| Installed power: | Total 2,400 hp from 2 x Diesel-Electric engines |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity: | 617 passengers 64 vehicles (max 24 commercial)[1] |
The MV Klickitat was a Steel Electric Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
Originally built as the MV Stockton in San Francisco for Southern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and she was moved to Puget Sound and renamed the MV Klickitat. PSN operated her until Washington State Ferries acquired and took over operations in 1951.[2]
She was serving on the Keystone-Port Townsend crossing in November 2007 when the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues.
In August 2009 the Klickitat and the other three Steel Electric ferries were sold to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California. All four ferries were scrapped in Ensenda, Mexico in the fall of 2009.[3]