Skagit Kalama-class ferry

*Skagit* / *Kalama* class
Class overview

Builders:	Halter Marine, New Orleans, Louisiana^[1]
Built:	1989
In service:	1989–present
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	passenger ferry
Length:	112 feet (34 m)
Beam:	25 feet (7.6 m)
Draft:	8 feet (2.4 m)
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)

The Skagit / Kalama-class ferries were high-speed passenger vessels built for Washington State Ferries (WSF) in 1989. The MV Skagit and MV Kalama were the only ferries in this class.

After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the pair were loaned to San Francisco where they ferried passengers while the damaged San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was repaired.^[1] Later the pair served the Seattle–Vashon Island route.^[2]

Both vessels were permanently docked in 2009 after WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 they were sold for $400,000 and expected to be transported to Tanzania where they would provide service between the mainland and Zanzibar.^[2]^[3] On 18 July 2012, Skagit capsized and sank off the coast of Tanzania, near the island of Unguja. More than 250 people were believed to be on board at the time.

References

1 2 Drake, Shawn (18 July 2012). "MV Skagit, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
1 2 Sultan, Ali (20 July 2012). "Death toll rises to 31 in Tanzania ferry accident". Bloomberg Businessweek. Associated Press.
↑ "Washington ferries destined for Tanzania". Washington State Department of Transportation (Press release). 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.

External links

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

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