MV Klahowya

The M/V Klahowya passing the M/V Chelan in Upright Channel.

History

Name:	MV Klahowya
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route:	San Juan Islands Inter-Island
Completed:	1958 Refit: 1995
Identification:	Official Number: D277872 Call Sign: WK7107^[1]
Status:	In Service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Evergreen State-class auto/passenger ferry
Length:	310 ft 2 in (94.5 m)
Beam:	73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Draft:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Decks:	1 Car Deck 1 Passenger Deck
Deck clearance:	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Installed power:	Total 2,500 hp from 2 Diesel-Electric engines
Speed:	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Capacity:	800 passengers 87 vehicles (max 30 commercial)^[2]
Crew:	10

The MV Klahowya is an Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. The Klahowya can currently (July 2014) be found in the San Juan Islands, running the Inter-Island service. The Klahowya served nearly all of her career on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run before being moved to the San Juans to replace her sister ship, MV Evergreen State, which was to be retired. In early 2008, and again in August 2012, she did short stints on the Inter-Island run due to a vessel shortage. She was moved to the Inter-Island route on June 30th, 2014^[3] and is expected to remain there until her retirement.

Klahowya is Chinook for "Greetings."

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Klahowya (ship, 1958).

↑ The Evergree State class today - M/V Klahowya, evergreenfleet.com
↑ Vessel info - M/V Klahowya, WSF, WSDOT
↑ "WSF Bulletin". Washington State Ferries.

Washington State Ferries

Routes

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

Terminals

Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction) MV Suquamish (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Retired fleet

Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa

Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie

Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State

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 Saksnonia MV Tyee MV Vashon SS San Mateo SS Shasta

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