The MV ''Klickitat'' was a operated by

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. Originally built as the MV ''Stockton'' in San Francisco for Southern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on

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. She was purchased by the

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in 1940, moved to

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, and renamed the MV ''Klickitat''. PSN operated her until

acquired and took over operations in 1951.The MV ''Klickitat''
- evergreenfleet.com In 1978 ''Klickitat'' was used for exterior shots in the ''

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'' TV movie "Most Deadly Passage", a story about this ferry catching fire while at sea due to gasoline, instead of diesel, being put into one of the ship's fuel tanks. It was being used on the Seattle-Bremerton route in the episode. She was serving on the

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crossing in November 2007 when the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. In August 2009 the ''Klickitat'' and the other three Steel Electric ferries were sold to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California. All four ferries were scrapped in Ensenada, Mexico in the fall of 2009. One of the original 1927 wheelhouses (removed in the 1981 rebuild) of the ''Klickitat'' was salvaged and converted into a small house currently located just outside Arlington, Washington.

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