MV Kitsap

For the older ferry, see MV Kitsap (1925).

History
MV Kitsap arrives in Downtown Seattle (2011)
Name:	MV Kitsap
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route:	Seattle- Bremerton
Builder:	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Completed:	1980 Refit: 1992
Identification:	Official Number: 630023 Call Sign: WYR3421^[1]
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Issaquah 130 Class auto/passenger ferry
Length:	328 ft (100.0 m)
Beam:	78 ft 8 in (24.0 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 from 2 diesel engines
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity:	1200 passengers 124 vehicles (max 26 commercial)^[2]
Crew:	12

MV Kitsap is an Issaquah 130 Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. The MV Kitsap was built in 1980 as an Issaquah class and upgraded in 1992 moving it to the Issaquah 130 class due to adding an upper car deck. The vessel also received interior upgrades. The vessel used to have a rainbow color of blue, but has since been renovated with interior colors light, and dark blue, and dark green.

This Vessel is mostly used on the Seattle-Bremerton route, although she is sometimes found on the Fautleroy-Vashon-Southworth run and the Mukilteo-Clinton Route filling in for her sister ships. The Kitsap has also been seeing service in the San Juan Islands somewhat frequently due to the increasing unreliability of the aging super class vessels.

The Kitsap is expected to be replaced by the M/V Chimacum on the Seattle-Bremerton route in 2017. The Kitsap is expected to then move to Fauntleroy- Vashon- Southworth to replace the M/V Sealth.

Incidents

In the 1987, after a Punk rock concert featuring Seattle band "The Accused" & D.R.I., rowdy concert goers returning to Seattle from Natasha's in Bremerton incited a riot aboard the Kitsap, resulting in damages that cost $40,000.^[3]^[4]
In 1991, the Kitsap collided with the MV Sealth under heavy fog in Rich Passage. Five years later, she ran aground on nearly the same spot of the collision.

References

↑ The Issaquahs today, part 1, evergreenfleet.com
↑ Vessel information, WSF, WSDOT
↑ "The Issaquah class today". Evergreen Fleet website.
↑ "Rock fans riot on ferry". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 5, 1987. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

Leaving Mukilteo while filling in for the M/V Tokitae.

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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