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The MV ''Nisqually'' was a formerly operated by
- evergreenfleet.com On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The ''Nisqually'' was not in service at the time.
Washington State Ferries sold the ''Nisqually'' and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000. The ''Nisqually'' and ''Quinault'' were towed out of Eagle Harbor on August 7, 2009, arriving in
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget ...
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Originally built as the MV ''Mendocino'' in San Francisco for Northwestern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay (Chochenyo language, Chochenyo: 'ommu) is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, California, San ...
. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company
The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, Washington, United States and Victoria, British Columbia, Ca ...
in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ; ) is a complex estuary, estuarine system of interconnected Marine habitat, marine waterways and basins located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As a part of the Salish Sea, the sound ...
where she was renamed the MV ''Nisqually'', later being acquired by Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget ...
who took over operations in 1951.The MV ''Nisqually''- evergreenfleet.com On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The ''Nisqually'' was not in service at the time.
Washington State Ferries sold the ''Nisqually'' and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000. The ''Nisqually'' and ''Quinault'' were towed out of Eagle Harbor on August 7, 2009, arriving in Ensenada, Mexico
Ensenada ("inlet") is a city in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Located on BahÃa de Todos Santos, the city had a population of 279,765 in 2018, making it the third-largest city in Baja Californ ...
on August 16. Presumably, the ''Nisqually'' was cut up sometime between February and April 2011.
Incidents
One notable accident happened in July 1963 when the ''Nisqually'' was working on the Edmonds-Kingston route. It was heading to Edmonds when a tanker hit it. No one was hurt, but the ferry suffered major damage though. If the hull was not sponsoned out in 1958, the ferry would have sunk.References
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