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18,661,400 (2023) [2] Website. wsdot.wa.gov /travel /washington-state-ferries. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound ...
The Keller Ferry carries State Route 21 across Lake Roosevelt on the upper Columbia River between the Colville Indian Reservation and Clark. It is operated by WSDOT and was the first ferry operated by the state of Washington. [5] The Guemes Island ferry from Anacortes 5 minutes north to Guemes Island is operated by Skagit County, Washington. [6]
Crew. 14. MV Elwha was a Super-class ferry in the Washington State Ferry System. The 382-foot (116 m) vessel entered service in June 1968, and spent most of her career working the Anacortes-San Juan Islands-Sidney B.C. route. [1] Elwha was retired in 2020 and set to be scrapped in 2024 until the sale was cancelled amid contract issues.
Speed. 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) Capacity. 1,500 passengers. 144 vehicles (max 34 tall vehicles) Crew. 14 (12 with sun deck closed) The MV Tokitae is an Olympic-class passenger ferry operated by Washington State Ferries which entered service on June 30, 2014. It serves the Mukilteo-Clinton route.
The MV Chelan is an Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries, completed and in service in 1981.In 2004, the vessel was refit with a second vehicle deck, and in 2005 was refit with safety equipment to meet the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), allowing the Chelan to make international trips on the Anacortes–San Juan Islands ...
The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State -class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF) and the oldest ferry operating in the WSF system. The Tillikum entered service in April 1959 for the Seattle – Bainbridge Island route. [3] Upon the delivery of the Super-class ferries in 1968, the Tillikum was moved to the Edmonds ...
The MV Hyak is a Super-class ferry that was operated by Washington State Ferries. Built in 1966 at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego, the ferry began service on July 20, 1967, and normally ran on the Seattle–Bremerton route or the Anacortes–San Juan Islands run. Hyak is Chinook Jargon for "speedy".
The Kittitas was built in 1980, as the second Issaquah -class ferry. When delivered it acted as a relief boat until it was moved to the Mukilteo–Clinton route in the mid 1980s. In 1990, in order to keep up with growing demand, the Kittitas underwent a capacity expansion by adding additional vehicle areas above the vehicle areas along the ...