MV Puyallup
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MV Puyallup |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Route | Edmonds-Kingston or Seattle-Bainbridge Island |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Completed | 1999 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Jumbo Mark II-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Length | 460 ft 2 in (140.3 m)* |
| Beam | 90 ft (27.4 m)* |
| Draft | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)* |
| Decks | 4 |
| Deck clearance | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)* |
| Installed power | Total of 16,000 hp from 4 x EMD 710 V-16 Diesel-Electric |
| Speed | 18 kn (21 mph) 2 engines; 25 kn (29 mph) 4 engines |
| Capacity |
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MV Puyallup is a Jumbo Mark II-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. This ferry, along with her two sisters, are the largest in the fleet. The Puyallup is normally assigned to the Edmonds-Kingston route, although it is often reassigned to the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route whenever either of its sisters assigned to that route are out of service. The Puyallup has been at the Bainbridge Route for over a year while the M/V Tacoma underwent maintenance. The vessel returned to Edmonds- Kingston where her extra capacity was missed.
While Puyallup spent three weeks in dry dock in November 2003, the MV Chelan and MV Quinault served the Edmonds-Kingston route.[1] In mid-2008, Puyallup was sent out of service for repainting and to have a new security system installed. She returned to service in January 2009.[2] In the winter of 2013 she was hauled and her hull was stripped down to steel for a thorough inspection and scheduled maintenance. She was also fitted with new five bladed propellers as an experiment to reduce vibration and increase efficiency.
Incidents
There have been a few incidents in which passengers aboard Puyallup have disappeared. On 15 April 2001, a man disappeared while en route from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. Authorities suspected he fell overboard when the ship turned to enter Eagle Harbor while he was sitting on a railing.[3] On 13 January 2009, a woman disappeared while the ferry was en route from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. Her husband found what he believed to be a suicide note.[4]
References
- ^ "Change on Edmonds/Kingston ferry route". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ Friedrich, Ed (6 October 2008). "Damaged Ferry Forces a Shuffle for Bremerton". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ "Anthony W. Reed". Cruise Ship Deaths. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Police: No foul play in vanishing ferry passenger". KOMO-TV. 6 March 2009.
External links
- MV Puyallup vessel info from WSDOT
- MV Puyallup info from Evergreenfleet.com
Media related to Puyallup (ship, 1999) at Wikimedia Commons
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