MV Kaleetan

The MV Kaleetan is a Super-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

History
Name: MV Kaleetan
Owner: WSDOT
Operator: Washington State Ferries
Port of registry: Seattle, WA, USA
Builder: National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego)
Launched: March 12, 1967
Completed: 1967
Acquired: December 24, 1967
In service: January 8, 1968
Identification:
Status: Operational
General characteristics
Class and type: Super-class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage:
  • 2,704 gross-tonnage
  • 1,214 net-tonnage
Displacement: 3634 (in long tons)
Length: 382 ft 2 in (116.5 m)
Beam: 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Draft: 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m)
Decks:

2 Car Decks

2 Passenger Decks (One with a Sun Deck Promenade)
Deck clearance: 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m)
Ramps: 4
Installed power: Total 8,000 hp from 4 x Diesel-Electric engines
Propulsion: 4 Diesel-Electric Engines
Speed: 17 kn (31 km/h)
Capacity:
  • 1868 passengers
  • 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial)
  • Originally 2500 passengers; 160 vehicles
Crew: 14

The Kaleetan (meaning arrow in Chinook) is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. She can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers.[1] She is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. She was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.[1]

The Kaleetan went into service in early 1968 serving the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route. She was replaced by the Spokane in 1973 and moved north to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. She remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when she got a midlife upgrade.[2]

Since its midlife overhaul, the Kaleetan has generally been assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.[2]

It would seem that a voyage on this ferry inspired Chris Zabriskie to compose and perform his short much appreciated piece for piano with instrumental accompaniment which he entitled "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan". He posted it on YouTube in 2012.

References
  1. "WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan". www.wsdot.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. Pickens, Steven J. "The M/V Kaleetan". evergreenfleet.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.


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