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The MV ''Crosline'' was a wooden, diesel ship launched in
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on June 22, 1925 for the Crosby Direct Line Ferry Company. It could carry 300 passengers and 65 cars.


Career

''Crosline'' was originally built for the Alki-Manchester Ferry route on
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in Washington state.Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at page 366. On May 20, 1942, the ''Crosline'' arrived in
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to join the Burrard Inlet ferries. It was purchased because of the need for more ferries to take shipyard workers to the north shore. In 1947, after the war, the Crosline was sold to the ferry system of the Washington State Department of Highways where it was rebuilt into a double-ended ferry with a pilothouse and propulsion on both ends of the ferry. It served with the on the route between
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and
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until 1950, when the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened. In 1951,
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was formed when the state acquired almost all of the Black Ball Line's assets, and the ''Crosline'' joined WSF's fleet.Evergreenfleet.com (page on ''Crosline'', with history and images)
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The ''Crosline''s last trip was the 9:55 p.m. departure on
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of 1967. The ferry system sold the ship later in the year on December 19. It was first used as a warehouse on
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, than sold again in 1975, where it was moved to
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to be used as a restaurant. The restaurant failed, and instead her superstructure was removed to become a warehouse again, but this time shore-based. ''Crosline''s hull was eventually disassembled, and the remaining timbers and planks became part of a fishing boat and a dock.


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References


History of Metropolitan Vancouver

Evergreenfleet.com (page on ''Crosline'', with history and images
(accessed 06-12-11) * Demoro, Harre, ''The Evergreen Fleet – A Pictorial History of Washington State Ferries'', Golden West Books, San Marino CA (1971) * Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 * Newell, Gordon R. ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing, Seattle WA 1966 Washington State Ferries vessels Coos Bay, Oregon Puget Sound Navigation Company 1925 ships Ships built in Seattle {{ferry-stub