MV Kitsap

MV Kitsap arrives in Downtown Seattle (2011)
History
Name:	MV Kitsap
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington,  United States
Builder:	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Completed:	1980 Refit: 1992
Identification:	Official Number: 630023 Call Sign: WYR3421[1]
Status:	In service - Anacortes/San Juan Islands
General characteristics
Class and type:	Issaquah 130 Class auto/passenger ferry
Length:	328 ft (100.0 m)
Beam:	78 ft 8 in (24.0 m)
Draft:	16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Deck clearance:	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Installed power:	Total 5,000 hp from 2 diesel engines
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity:	1200 passengers 124 vehicles (max 26 commercial)[2]

MV Kitsap is an Issaquah 130 Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. The MV 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. This Vessel is mostly used on the Seattle-Bremerton route, although she is sometimes found on the Fautleroy-Vashon-Southworth run and the Mukilteo-Clinton Route filling in for her sister ships. The Kitsap has also been seeing service in the San Juan Islands somewhat frequently due to the increasing unreliability of the aging super class vessels.

Incidents

• In the 1987, after a Punk rock concert featuring Seattle band "The Accused" & D.R.I., rowdy concert goers returning to Seattle from Natasha's in Bremerton incited a riot aboard the Kitsap, resulting in damages that cost $40,000.^[3][4]
• In 1991, the Kitsap collided with the MV Sealth under heavy fog in Rich Passage. Five years later, she ran aground on nearly the same spot of the collision.

References

1. The Issaquahs today, part 1, evergreenfleet.com
2. Vessel information, WSF, WSDOT
3. "The Issaquah class today". Evergreen Fleet website.
4. "Rock fans riot on ferry". Ellensburg Daily Record. October 5, 1987. Retrieved January 15, 2016.