MV Issaquah

History
The Issaquah
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	1979 Original 1978 plans and design shelved, redesigned and replanned 1979.
Builder	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Cost	$36,000,000 Original 1978 cost $59,040,000
Laid down	1979
Launched	1979
Christened	1979
Completed	1979 Refit: 1989
Acquired	1979
Maiden voyage	1979
In service	1979
Identification	IMO number: 7808102 MMSI number: 366773040 Callsign: WSD3625^[1] Official Number: 624022
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	1,200 passengers 124 vehicles (max 26 commercial)^[2]
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.

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 <i>Chetzemoka</i> (1927) MV <i>Kehloken</i> MV <i>Klahanie</i>
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 <i>Chippewa</i> MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV <i>Olympic</i> MV Rhododendron MV <i>Rosario</i> MV <i>Skansonia</i> MV <i>Tyee</i> MV <i>Vashon</i>

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