The Issaquah | |
History | |
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Name | MV Issaquah |
Owner | WSDOT |
Operator | Washington State Ferries |
Port of registry | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Route | Fauntleroy- Vashon Island- Southworth (as of 30 September 2017) |
Ordered |
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Builder | Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle |
Cost |
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Laid down | 1979 |
Launched | 1979 |
Christened | 1979 |
Completed |
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Acquired | 1979 |
Maiden voyage | 1979 |
In service | 1979 |
Identification |
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Status | In Service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Issaquah-class auto/passenger ferry |
Displacement | 3,310 long tons (3,360 t) |
Length | 328 ft (100.0 m) |
Beam | 78 ft 8 in (24.0 m) |
Height | 81 ft 8 in (24.89 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
Decks | 2 car decks 1 passenger deck |
Deck clearance | 15 ft 8 in (4.8 m) |
Installed power | Total 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) from 2 diesel engines |
Propulsion | Diesel |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 12 |
The MV Issaquah is an Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
The ferry spent her early years on the Seattle/Bremerton route, then shifted around the system for a time, before being placed on the Southworth/Vashon/Fauntleroy route, where she has been pretty much ever since.[3]
References
- ↑ The Issaquahs today, part 1 Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, evergreenfleet.com
- ↑ Vessel information, WSF, WSDOT
- ↑ "The M/V ISSAQUAH (1979)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-30.
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