MV Nisqually
 Ferry MV Nisqually on Puget Sound | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1927–1940: MV Mendocino 1940–2011: MV Nisqually |
| Owner: |
1927–1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940–1951: Puget Sound Navigation Company 1951–2007: WSDOT |
| Operator: |
1927–1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940–1951: Black Ball Line 1951–2007: Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry: |
Seattle, Washington,  USA |
| Completed: |
Built in 1927 Rebuilt in 1958 and 1987 |
| In service: | 1927 |
| Out of service: | November 20, 2007 |
| Identification: |
Official Number: 226712 Call Sign: WA8696 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Steel Electric Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage: |
1368 gross tonnage 930 net tonnage |
| 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 2 in (4.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 x Diesel-Electric engines, total 2,896 hp |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
616 passengers 59 vehicles (max 24 commercial)[1] |
The MV Nisqually was a Steel Electric Class ferry formerly operated by Washington State Ferries.
Originally built as the MV Mendocino in San Francisco for Northwestern 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 moved to Puget Sound where she was renamed the MV Nisqually, later being acquired by Washington State Ferries who took over operations in 1951.[2]
On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The Nisqually was not in service at the time.
31°50′49.4″N 116°37′35.4″W / 31.847056°N 116.626500°W
Washington State Ferries sold the Nisqually and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000. The Nisqually and Quinault were towed out of Eagle Harbor on August 7, 2009, arriving in Ensenada, Mexico on August 16. Presumably, the Nisqually was cut up sometime between February and April 2011.[2]
Accidents
One notable accident happened in July 1963 when the Nisqually was working on the Edmonds-Kingston route. It was heading to Edmonds when a tanker hit it. No one was hurt, but the ferry suffered major damage though. If the hull wasn't sponsered out 8 feet in 1958, the ferry would have sunk.[2]
References
- ↑ Vessel Information on the MV Nisqually - WSDOT, WSF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The MV Nisqually - evergreenfleet.com