Samish arriving in Anacortes in spring 2016.
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History | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
Samish, the second 144-car ferry: The total cost of the vessel is approximately $126.45 million.