MV Sealth - Misplaced Pages

Auto/passenger ferry operated by Washington State

History
MV Sealth docked at Bainbridge Island
Name	Sealth
Owner	WSDOT
Operator	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route	Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth
Builder	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Completed	1982 Refit: 2006
In service	1985
Identification	IMO number: 7808152 MMSI number: 366710820 Callsign: WAK7089 Official Number: 662478
Status	In Service - Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth
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)
Draft	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Decks	1 auto deck/1 passenger deck
Deck clearance	15 ft 2 in (4.6 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	1,200 passengers 90 vehicles (max 30 commercial)
Crew	10

The MV Sealth is a Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. She is named for Chief Sealth. The Sealth underwent cabin rebuilding in last 2006, after which she was in service on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route. The Sealth was then the #2 vessel on the route. Earlier she was taken out of service due to a seam needing weld repairs.

The Sealth was not listed to return to the San Juan Islands in late 2015. She was in service at Seattle/Bremerton and switched to the Vashon route mid-fall and she remained there until the Winter 2016 schedule began. She replaced the MV Klahowya as the inter-island ferry in the San Juans when it was retired. She is currently on the San Juan’s inter-island and San Juans Anacortes routes during low traffic times of day.

Incidents

On November 7, 2012, the Sealth was serving the Bremerton run when a hole four feet under the waterline at No. 2 end port side was discovered. The ferry was pulled from service in the day and the leak was fixed a week later at Dakota Creek Shipyard of Anacortes. This caused the MV Salish to be put on the run, causing a loss of 30% percent of the run's regular car capacity.

In 1991, the Sealth collided with the MV Kitsap in Rich Passage in heavy fog. No major damage was reported.

References

Issaquah's Today Part 2 - M/V Sealth Archived October 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, evergreenfleet.com
Vessel information - M/V Sealth, WSF, WSDOT
Route information - M/V Sealth, WSF, WSDOT
"News release regarding leak" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2013.

Washington State Ferries

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

Terminals
Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet
Evergreen State class	MV Tillikum
Super class	MV Kaleetan MV Yakima
Jumbo class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla
Issaquah class	MV Issaquah MV Kittitas MV Kitsap MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Sealth
Jumbo Mark-II class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup
Kwa-di Tabil class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick
Olympic class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum MV Suquamish MV Wishkah (future)

Retired fleet
Six Minute ferries	SS San Mateo SS Shasta
Wood Electric class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie
Steel Electric class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa
Evergreen State class	MV Evergreen State MV Klahowya
Super class	MV Hyak MV Elwha
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 Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario MV Skansonia MV Tyee MV Vashon

This ferry article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: