MV Quinault

Career
Name:	1927-1940: MV Redwood Empire 1940-present: MV Quinault
Owner:	1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940-1951: Puget Sound Navigation Company 1951-2009: WSDOT
Operator:	1927-1940: Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd 1940-1951: Black Ball Line 1951-2009: Washington State Ferries
Completed:	Built: 1927 Refit: 1985
In service:	1927
Out of service:	November 20, 2007
Fate:	scrapped in 2009, Ensenada, MEX
Notes:	Official Number: D226738 Call Sign: WA9820
General characteristics
Class and type:	Steel Electric Class auto/passenger ferry
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:	Total 2,896 hp from 2 x Diesel-Electric engines
Speed:	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity:	616 passengers 59 vehicles (max 24 commercial)[1]

The MV Quinault was a Steel Electric Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

Originally built as the MV Redwood Empire in Oakland for Northwestern Pacific, 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, brought to Puget Sound and renamed the MV Quinault, serving P.S.N. until Washington State Ferries acquired and took over operations in 1951.^[2] In 2002, Quinault was featured in a scene in the movie The Ring.

On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues.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

On June 19th, 2009, Washington State Ferries sold the Quinault and the other Steel Electrics for $200,000.00 to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California. In August 2009 the ferry was towed out of Eagle Harbor to Ensenada, Mexico and was cut up for scrap.^[3]

References

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