MV Samish

Samish arriving in Anacortes in spring 2016.
History
Name	Samish
Owner	Washington State Department of Transportation
Operator	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route	Anacortes–San Juan Islands
Ordered	Spring 2012
Builder	Vigor Industrial, Seattle, Washington
Cost	$126.45 million (approximate)[1]
Laid down	March 8, 2013
Launched	May 12, 2014
Christened	May 20, 2015
Completed	April 10, 2015
Maiden voyage	June 14, 2015
In service	June 14, 2015
Identification	IMO number: 9720251 MMSI number: 367649320 Callsign: WDH7552
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Olympic-class auto/passenger ferry
Displacement	4,384 long tons (4,454 t)
Length	362 ft 3 in (110.4 m)
Beam	83 ft 2 in (25.3 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Depth	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Decks	5 (2 vehicle decks, passenger deck, sun deck, nav bridge deck)
Deck clearance	16 ft (4.9 m)
Installed power	6,000 hp (4,500 kW) total from two EMD 12-710G7C diesel engines
Propulsion	Diesel
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity	1,500 passengers 144 vehicles (max 34 tall vehicles)
Crew	14 (12 with sun deck closed)

The MV Samish is the second vessel of the Olympic-class auto ferries built by Vigor Industrial for the Washington State Ferries system.^[2] The vessel started service with her maiden voyage to Friday Harbor as the #3 Boat in the San Juans on June 14, 2015.