MV Kitsap
{{For|the older ferry|MV Kitsap (1925)}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = MV Kitsap arriving in Seattle.JPG | Ship caption = MV Kitsap arrives in Downtown Seattle (2011) }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = MV Kitsap | Ship owner = WSDOT | Ship operator = Washington State Ferries | Ship registry = Seattle, Washington, {{flag|United States}} | Ship route = Southworth-Fauntleroy-Vashon | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 17 October 1980 | Ship christened = | Ship completed = *1980
| Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|7808126}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In service | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry|0}} auto/passenger ferry | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|328|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|78|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|16|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 2 car decks 1 passenger deck | Ship deck clearance = {{convert|15|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = Total {{cvt|5,000|hp|lk=in}} from 2 diesel engines | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = *1,200 passengers
| Ship crew = 12 | Ship notes = }} |
File:V Kitsap Departing Mukilteo.jpg
MV Kitsap is an {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry}} operated by Washington State Ferries. The Kitsap was built in 1980 as an Issaquah class and upgraded in 1992 moving it to the Issaquah 130 class due to adding an upper car deck. The vessel also received interior upgrades. The vessel used to have a rainbow color of blue, but has since been renovated with interior colors light, and dark blue, and dark green.
This vessel was originally used on the Seattle–Bremerton route. Over time, larger boats have generally displaced the Kitsap from the Seattle-Bremerton route, and the ferry has spent more and more time as a relief boat, filling in for ferries on other runs when they are out of service. The Kitsap is most frequently found on the Mukilteo-Clinton route, but is also often found on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth, Anacortes-San Juan Islands, and Seattle-Bremerton routes.
Incidents
- In 1987, after a punk rock concert featuring Seattle band The Accüsed and British band G.B.H., rowdy concertgoers returning to Seattle from Natasha's in Bremerton incited a riot aboard the Kitsap, resulting in damages that cost $40,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.evergreenfleet.com/kitsap1980.html|title=The Issaquah class today|publisher=Evergreen Fleet website}}{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19871005&id=_ItUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3232,433251&hl=en |title= Rock fans riot on ferry |date= October 5, 1987 |work= Ellensburg Daily Record |access-date= January 15, 2016}}
- In 1991, the Kitsap collided with the {{MV|Sealth}} in heavy fog in Rich Passage. Five years later, she ran aground on nearly the same spot as the collision.{{Cite web |title=Ferries Collide -- Sealth, Kitsap Bump In Thick Fog {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910906&slug=1303959 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}{{Cite web |title=Investigation Into Grounding Of State Ferry Could Take Weeks {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960919&slug=2350043 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}
References
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External links
- {{commons category inline|IMO 7808126}}
{{WSF Ferry Classes}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitsap (1980), MV}}
Category:Ships built in Seattle
Category:Washington State Ferries vessels
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