MV Kaleetan

The MV Kaleetan is a Super-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

History
Name	MV Kaleetan
Owner	WSDOT
Operator	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry	Seattle, Washington, US
Builder	National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego)
Launched	March 12, 1967
Completed	1967
Acquired	December 24, 1967
In service	January 8, 1968
Identification	IMO number: 8835346 MMSI number: 366772990 Callsign: WY2512
Status	Operational
General characteristics
Class and type	Super-class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage	2,704 GT 1,214 NT
Displacement	3,634 long tons (3,692 t)
Length	382 ft 2 in (116.5 m)
Beam	73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Draft	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Decks	2 car decks 2 passenger decks (One with a Sun Deck Promenade)
Deck clearance	14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
Ramps	4
Installed power	Total 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) from 4 x diesel-electric engines
Propulsion	4 diesel-electric engines
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity	1,195 passengers 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial) Originally 2,500 passengers; 160 vehicles
Crew	14

The Kaleetan (meaning arrow in Chinook) is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. She can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers.^[1] She is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. She was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.^[1]

The Kaleetan went into service in early 1968 serving the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route. She was replaced by the Spokane in 1973 and moved north to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. She remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when she got a midlife upgrade.^[2]

Since its midlife overhaul, the Kaleetan has generally been assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.^[2]

References

1. "WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan". www.wsdot.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
2. Pickens, Steven J. "The M/V Kaleetan". evergreenfleet.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.

External links

• Media related to IMO 8835346 at Wikimedia Commons
• Vessel info from WSDOT