MV Kalama

History

Name	MV Kalama
Owner	WSDOT
Operator	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry	Seattle, Washington, United States
Completed	1989
Out of service	2009
Identification	IMO number: 8645296 Official Number: D949139 Call sign: WAA6310^[1]
Name	Kalama
Operator	Seagull Sea Transport (Zanzibar)^[2]
Port of registry	Zanzibar (October 25, 2011–)^[2]
Route	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania–Unguja Island, Zanzibar
Acquired	c. 2011
In service	c. 2011
Out of service	July 26, 2012
General characteristics
Class and type	Skagit Kalama-class passenger ferry
Length	112 ft (34.1 m)
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power	Total 2,840 hp (2,120 kW) from 4 diesel engines
Capacity	250 passengers^[3]

MV Kalama was a Skagit Kalama-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF). Skagit and Kalama were constructed in 1989 at Halter Marine in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[4] Along with Skagit, she operated the Seattle-Vashon Island passenger-only service. In 2006 WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 Kalama and Skagit were sold. The vessels were transported to Tanzania to provide service between the mainland and Zanzibar.^[5]

Kalama was ordered taken out of service by the Zanzibar government after the loss of Skagit in 2012.^[6]

References

^ The Monohull ferries - M/V Kalama, evergreenfleet.com
^ ^a ^b "Zanzibar tightens marine safety", The Guardian, Tanzania: IPP Media, July 24, 2012, retrieved October 16, 2013
^ Vessel information - M/V Kalama, WSF, WSDOT
^ Drake, Shawn. "MV SKAGIT, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast". Maritime Matters. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
^ Washington ferries destined for Tanzania, Washington State Department of Transportation, Friday, February 18, 2011. Accessed February 18, 2011.
^ ISSA YUSSUF (July 27, 2012), "Tanzania: From the Zanzibar House of Reps", Tanzania Daily News, retrieved October 16, 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 <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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