MV Suquamish
History | |
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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: |
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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: |
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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.
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