MV Yakima
{{Short description|Ferry}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = MV Yakima 02.jpg | Ship caption = Yakima in 2013 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Yakima | Ship owner = WSDOT | Ship operator = Washington State Ferries | Ship registry = Seattle, Washington, US | Ship route = Anacortes-San Juan Islands | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = National Steel and Shipbuilding of San Diego | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = May 20, 1967 | Ship christened = May 20, 1967 | Ship completed = 1967 | Ship acquired = March 23, 1968 | Ship maiden voyage = March 23, 1968 | Ship in service = March 1968 | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8835360}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Operational | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass2|Super|ferry|0}} auto/passenger ferry | Ship tonnage = * {{GT|2704}}
| Ship displacement = {{cvt|3634|LT|t|lk=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|382|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|73|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|18|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 5 | Ship deck clearance = {{convert|15|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship ramps = 4 | Ship ice class = | Ship power = Total {{cvt|8,000|hp|lk=in}} from 4 x diesel-electric engines | Ship propulsion = 4 diesel-electric engines | Ship speed = {{convert|17|kn|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = *1,195 passengers
| Ship crew = 14 | Ship notes = }} |
MV Yakima is a {{sclass2|Super|ferry}} operated by Washington State Ferries. The Yakima was built in 1967 for the Seattle–Bremerton run and remained there until the early 1980s when she was moved to the Edmonds–Kingston run where she was a better match for ridership levels.
In 1999 she was extensively rebuilt, and then she was moved to the Anacortes–San Juan Islands route.{{cite web |url=http://evergreenfleet.com/yakimatoday.html |title=The Super Class Today |website=evergreenfleet.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630083952/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/yakimatoday.html |archive-date=2009-06-30}} She was removed from service in the spring of 2014 to have her drive motors rebuilt, and returned to service in Fall 2014.
It is believed that her alert horn is tuned to an A2.
File:M-V Yakima Pulling out of Orcas.jpgIn March 2016 there was a fire on the vessel while running in the San Juan Islands. The vessel clogged passage to and from Friday harbor for several hours and the ship was out of service for some time. The Yakima has since returned to service in the San Juans.
References
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 8835360}}
- [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=24 Vessel info from WSDOT]
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Category:Washington State Ferries vessels
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