MV Governor

The MV "Governor" is a ferry that operates in Massachusetts.

Currently operated by the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA), she was built in 1954 to operate the ferry service from San Diego to Coronado, California. After the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was built, spanning her original route, she was sold to Washington State Ferries.

She was made surplus and sold to the United States Coast Guard for the ferry service to Governor’s Island on New York Harbor, at which point she was renamed "Governor".

The closure of Governor’s Island made her surplus for a third time whereupon she was purchased by SSA in 1998. The “double-ended” "Governor" is the longest and widest vessel in the SSA fleet at 242’x 65’ and the only vessel with diesel-electric propulsion. Three Caterpillar diesel engines power two electric propulsion motors giving her a speed of convert|12|kn|mph|abbr=on.

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