MV Nisqually

MV Nisqually


WashingtonStateFerryNisqually.jpg
Ferry MV Nisqually on Puget Sound
Career
Name: 1927-1940: MV Mendocino
1940-present: MV Nisqually
Owner: 1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd
1940-1951: Puget Sound Navigation Company
1951-2007: WSDOT
Operator: 1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd
1940-1951: Black Ball Line
1951-2007: Washington State Ferries
Port of registry: Seattle, Washington,  USA
Completed: Built in 1927
Rebuilt in 1987
In service: 1927
Out of service: November 20, 2007
Identification: Official Number: 226712
Call Sign: WA8696
Status: idle
General characteristics
Class and type: Steel Electric Class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage: 1368 gross tonnage
930 net tonnage
Length: 256 ft (78 m)
Beam: 73 ft 10 in (22.5 m)
Draft: 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Deck clearance: 13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)
Installed power: 2 x Diesel-Electric engines, total 2,896 hp
Speed: 12 kn (22 km/h)
Capacity: 616 passengers
59 vehicles (max 24 commercial)[1]

The MV Nisqually is a Steel Electric Class ferry formerly operated by Washington State Ferries.

Originally built as the MV Mendocino in San Francisco for Northwestern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound where she was renamed the MV Nisqually, later being acquired by Washington State Ferries who took over operations in 1951.[2]

On November 20 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The Nisqually was not in service at the time.

Washington State Ferries sold the Nisqually and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000.00. The Nisqually and Quinault were towed out of Eagle Harbor on 7 August 2009, arriving in Ensenada, Mexico on 16 August. The ferries were cut up that fall, each taking 2-3 weeks to completely scrap.[3] However, a single Steel-Electric ferry, the Nisqually, was photographed on 8th May 2010 at latitude 31 deg 50' 49.4" N, longitude 116 deg 37' 35.4" W. (Ensenada, Mexico)

References

  1. ^ Vessel Information on the MV Nisqually - WSDOT, WSF
  2. ^ The MV Nisqually - evergreenfleet.com
  3. ^ The MV Nisqually - evergreenfleet.com



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