MV Sealth

History
MV Sealth docked at Bainbridge Island
Name:	MV Sealth
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route:	Relief Vessel on Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth, Anacortes-San Juan Islands and San Juan Interisland
Builder:	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Completed:	1982 Refit: 2006
In service:	1985
Identification:	Official Number:662478 Call Sign: WAK7089^[1]
Status:	In Service - Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth
General characteristics
Class and type:	Issaquah 100 Class auto/passenger ferry
Length:	328 ft (100.0 m)
Beam:	78 ft 8 in (24.0 m)
Draft:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Decks:	1 auto deck/1 passenger deck
Deck clearance:	15 ft 2 in (4.6 m)
Installed power:	Total 5,000 hp from 2 diesel engines
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity:	1200 passengers 90 vehicles (max 30 commercial)^[2]
Crew:	10

The MV Sealth is the sole remaining Issaquah 100 Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

She is named for Chief Sealth.

The Sealth underwent cabin rebuilding in the Fall of 2006, after which she was in service on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route. The Sealth was then the #2 vessel on the route. Earlier she was taken out of service due to a seam needing weld repairs. As of August 20, 2015 she was serving on the Bremerton route in place of the Kitsap which was moved north to the San Juans.^[3]

The Sealth leaves Fauntleroy for Vashon. Taken from the M/V Cathlamet.

The Sealth was not listed to return to the San Juan Islands during fall of 2015. She was in service at Seattle/Bremerton and switched to the Vashon route mid-fall and she remained there until the Winter 2016 schedule began. She has been serving as a relief vessel for the Vashon- Fauntleroy route, and is expected to replace the M/V Klahowya as the inter-island ferry in the San Juans in a few years.

Incidents

On November 7, 2012, the Sealth was serving the Bremerton run when a hole four feet under the waterline at No. 2 end port side was discovered.^[4] The ferry was pulled from service in the day and the leak was fixed a week later at Dakota Shipyards of Anacortes. This caused the Salish to be put on the run, causing a loss of 30% percent of the run's regular car capacity.

In 1991, the Sealth collided with the M/V Kitsap in Rich passage under heavy fog. No major damage was reported.

References

↑ Issaquah's Today Part 2 - M/V Sealth, evergreenfleet.com
↑ Vessel information - M/V Sealth, WSF, WSDOT
↑ Route information - M/V Sealth, WSF, WSDOT
↑ News release regarding leak

Washington State Ferries

Routes

Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals

Colman Dock (Seattle)

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

Retired fleet

Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa

Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie

Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State

Skagit Kalama-class	MV Kalama MV Skagit

Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish

No Class	MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario MV Saksnonia MV Tyee MV Vashon SS San Mateo SS Shasta

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