MV Kaleetan
 Kaleetan in Bremerton in 2025
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kaleetan |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry | Seattle, Washington, US |
| Builder | National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego) |
| Launched | March 12, 1967 |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Acquired | December 24, 1967 |
| In service | January 8, 1968 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Super-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 3,634 long tons (3,692 t) |
| 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 (6,000 kW) from 4 x diesel-electric engines |
| Propulsion | 4 diesel-electric engines |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 14 |
MV Kaleetan is a Super-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
The Kaleetan (meaning arrow in Chinook) is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. It can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers.[1] It is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. It 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. It was replaced by the Spokane in 1973 and moved north to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. It remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when it 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]
References
- ^ a b "WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan". www.wsdot.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ a b Pickens, Steven J. "The M/V Kaleetan". evergreenfleet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.