MV Sealth
MV Sealth docked at Bainbridge Island | |
| History | |
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| Name | Sealth |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Route | Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth |
| Builder | Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle |
| Completed |
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| In service | 1985 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In Service - Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Issaquah-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Displacement | 3,310 long tons (3,360 t) |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 78 ft 8 in (23.98 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Decks | 1 auto deck/1 passenger deck |
| Deck clearance | 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) |
| Installed power | Total 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) from 2 diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Diesel |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 10 |
MV Sealth is a Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. She is named for Chief Sealth. The Sealth underwent cabin rebuilding in last 2006, after which she was in service on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route. The Sealth was then the #2 vessel on the route. Earlier she was taken out of service due to a seam needing weld repairs.
The Sealth was not listed to return to the San Juan Islands in late 2015. She was in service at Seattle/Bremerton and switched to the Vashon route mid-fall and she remained there until the Winter 2016 schedule began. She replaced the MV Klahowya as the inter-island ferry in the San Juans when it was retired. She is currently on the San Juan’s inter-island and San Juans Anacortes routes during low traffic times of day.