MV Spokane

History
The MV Spokane sailing from Edmonds to Kingston.
Name:	MV Spokane
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Route:	Edmonds-Kingston
Builder:	Todd Shipyards, Seattle
Completed:	1972
Maiden voyage:	1973
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Jumbo Class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage:	3,246 gross-tonnage 1,198 net-tonnage
Length:	440 ft (134 m)
Beam:	87 ft (27 m)
Draft:	16 ft (5 m)
Deck clearance:	15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
Installed power:	Total 11,500 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines
Speed:	18 kn (33 km/h)
Capacity:	2000 passengers 206 vehicles (max 60 commercial)

The MV Spokane is a Jumbo Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. She was built in 1972 for the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route, and remained assigned there until the construction of the Jumbo Mark II class in the late 1990s displaced her to the Edmonds-Kingston route where she has remained since. Perhaps one of the most notable features of the Spokane is her incredibly colorful interior which she has sported since being rebuilt in the mid 1990s.

References

External links

Spokane vessel info from WSDOT
Media related to Spokane (ship, 1972) at Wikimedia Commons

Washington State Ferries current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction) MV Suquamish (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Hiyu-class	MV Hiyu

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