MV Wenatchee
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | MV Wenatchee |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Route | Seattle-Bainbridge Island |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Completed | 1998 |
| 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)* |
| Deck clearance | 15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)* |
| Installed power | Total of 16,000 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines |
| Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Capacity | list error: <br /> list (help) 2500 passengers 218 vehicles (max 60 commercial) |
The MV Wenatchee is a Jumbo Mark II Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
Almost without exception since being launched, she has served the Seattle/Bainbridge Island route. [1] As with most of the ferries in the system, she was named after a city in Washington state. Wenatchee has been involved in a couple of notable incidents. In 2000, during a particularly low tide, she touched bottom while rounding Tyee Shoal at the entrance of Bainbridge Island's Eagle Harbor, resulting in minor keel and propeller damage. On August 30, 2009, she had an collision with the #3 slip at Pier 52 in Seattle. There was heavy fog at the time and the vessel and slip were out of service for four days.
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