MV Yakima

History

Name:	MV Yakima
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Anacortes, WA, USA
Route:	Anacortes- San Juans
Completed:	1967
Acquired:	March 23, 1968
Maiden voyage:	March 1968
In service:	March 1968
Out of service:	2025 (Planned)
Status:	Operational
General characteristics
Class and type:	Super Class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage:	2,704 gross-tonnage 1,214 net-tonnage
Length:	382 ft 2 in (116.5 m)
Beam:	73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Draft:	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Deck clearance:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Ramps:	4
Installed power:	Total 8,000 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines
Propulsion:	4 Diesel-Electric Engines
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h)
Capacity:	2500 passengers 160 vehicles (max 30 commercial)
Crew:	14

The MV Yakima is a Super Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. The Yakima was built in 1967 for the Seattle-Bremerton run and remained there until the early 1980s when she was moved to the Edmonds-Kingston run where she was a better match for ridership levels.

In 1999 she was extensively rebuilt, and since then she has been serving the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. She was removed from service in the spring of 2014 to have her drive motors rebuilt, and returned to service in Fall 2014.

In March 2016 there was a fire on the vessel while running in the San Juan Islands. The vessel clogged passage to and from Friday harbor for several hours and the ship was out of service for some time. The Yakima is now back in service in the San Juans.

The vessel is currently set to be retired in 2025, after the 7th Olympic Class vessel comes to the fleet. She would be the final Super Class vessel to be retired, with the Elwha and Hyak first, and the Kaleetan right before the Yakima.^[1]

References

↑ "WSF Long Term Plan" (PDF).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yakima (ship, 1967).

M/V Yakima Departing Orcas Island
Vessel info from WSDOT

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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