MV Kaleetan

History

Name:	MV Kaleetan
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Completed:	1967
General characteristics
Class & type:	Super Class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage:	2,704 gross-tonnage 1,214 net-tonnage
Length:	382 ft 2 in (116.5 m)
Beam:	73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Draft:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Deck clearance:	14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
Installed power:	Total 8,000 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h)
Capacity:	2000 passengers 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial) Originally 2500 passengers; 160 vehicles

The MV Kaleetan is a Super Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

The Kaleetan(meaning arrow in Chinook) is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. The Kaleetan went into service in early 1968 serving Seattle - Winslow, and was transferred north to the Anacortes - San Juan Islands route in the mid 1970s. The boat will typically operate on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route in the summer and then move to the more southern Seattle-Bremerton route for the rest of the year.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaleetan (ship, 1967).

Vessel info from WSDOT

Washington State Ferries current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Hiyu-class	MV Hiyu

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, October 12, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.