MV Suquamish

History

Name:	MV Suquamish
Owner:	Washington State Department of Transportation
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, WA, United States
Ordered:	July 2015
Builder:	Vigor Industrial, Seattle, Washington
Cost:	$122 million (approximate)^[1]
Laid down:	May 2016
In service:	Fall 2018 (planned)
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type:	Olympic-class auto/passenger ferry
Displacement:	4320 long tons at design load waterline
Length:	362 ft 3 in (110.4 m)
Beam:	83 ft 2 in (25.3 m)
Draft:	16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Depth:	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Decks:	2 vehicle 2 passenger (Main Cabin, Sun Deck)
Deck clearance:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power:	Total 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) from 2 x EMD 12-710G7C Diesel Engines
Speed:	17-knot (31 km/h)
Capacity:	1500 passengers 144 vehicles
Crew:	14

MV Suquamish is an Olympic-class ferry that will be operated by Washington State Ferries once completed in 2018. The vessel will carry 144 cars and 1500 passengers.^[2]

She will primarily serve as a maintenance relief boat for other ferries, but will also sail regularly on the Mukilteo–Clinton route during the summer peak with her sister ship, the M/V Tokitae.^[3]

History

On March 16, 2016, the Washington State Transportation Commission chose to name the ferry Suquamish after the Suquamish tribe.^[4] Two other names, Cowlitz and Sammamish, were also considered for the ferry but ultimately rejected.^[5]

As of June 2016, the ferry is 25 percent completed and is expected to be launched in fall 2018.^[6]

References

↑ Washington State Department of Transportation. "Ferries - Olympic Class (144-Car) Ferries". Retrieved March 12, 2017. Suquamish, the fourth Olympic Class ferry: The total budget to build vessel is $122 million.
↑ "144 Car Ferries". WSDOT Ferries Division.
↑ "Ferry Suquamish to serve Mukilteo/Clinton route during busiest seasons" (Press release). Washington State Department of Transportation. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
↑ "New ferry will be named Suquamish". Kitsap Sun. March 16, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
↑ Clarridge, Christine (December 29, 2015). "Newest state ferry will need a name, and not just any name will do". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
↑ Clancy, Amy (July 6, 2016). "Half a billion-dollar Olympic-class ferry project on time & on budget". KIRO 7 News. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

Washington State Ferries

Routes
Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals
Colman Dock (Seattle)

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 MV Suquamish (under construction)
Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas
Issaquah-class	MV Sealth
Evergreen State-class	MV Tillikum
Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Retired fleet
Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa
Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie
SS San Mateo SS Shasta
Anderson Class	MV Kitsap (1925) MV Vashon
Governor Class	MV Olympic MV Rhododendron
Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State MV Klahowya
Skagit Kalama-class	MV Kalama MV Skagit
Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish
No Class	MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Rosario MV Tyee

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.