MV ''Sealth'' is a operated 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 ...

. She is named for Chief Sealth. The ''Sealth'' underwent cabin rebuilding in last 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.Route information - M/V Sealth
WSF, WSDOT Washington State Ferries MV Sealth

The ''Sealth'' was not listed to return to the San Juan Islands in late 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 replaced the as the inter-island ferry in the San Juans when it was retired. She is currently on the San Juan’s inter-island and San Juans Anacortes routes during low traffic times of day.

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. The ferry was pulled from service in the day and the leak was fixed a week later at Dakota Creek Shipyard of Anacortes. This caused the 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 in

Rich Passage Rich Passage is a tidal strait in Puget Sound, allowing access to Bremerton, Washington, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Sinclair Inlet, and Dyes Inlet. It separates Bainbridge Island from the Manchester area of Kitsap Peninsula. The Seattl ...

in heavy fog. No major damage was reported.

References

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