MV Cathlamet

History
The MV Cathlamet, arriving at Mukilteo.
Name:	MV Cathlamet
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Route:	Fauntleroy-Vashon Island-Southworth
Builder:	Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle
Completed:	1981 Refit: 1991
Identification:	Official Number: 636551 Call Sign:WYR7641^[1]
Status:	Operational
General characteristics
Class and type:	Issaquah 130 class auto/passenger ferry
Length:	328 ft (100.0 m)
Beam:	78 ft 8 in (24.0 m)
Draft:	16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)
Decks:	2 Car Decks 1 Passenger Cabin Deck
Deck clearance:	15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed power:	Total 5,000 hp from 2 diesel engines
Speed:	16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity:	1200 passengers 124 vehicles (max 26 commercial)^[2]
Crew:	12

The MV Cathlamet is an Issaquah 130 class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

History

The Cathlamet was built in 1981, as an Issaquah Class ferry, for service on the Mukilteo-Clinton route. In 1991, in order to keep up with growing demand, the Cathlamet, along with many of her sister ships were upgraded from Issaquah class to Issaquah 130 class ferries, by adding additional vehicle areas above the vehicle areas along the outside edge of the ferry. These upgrades had been planned for in the original design of the vessels. The ferry's passenger cabin was updated in the late 1990s, included in the upgrades were the removal of many tables located in the passenger cabin to allow for the bench seats to be spaced closer together in some sections of the ship, and an upgrade of the galley area.

Control issue

The Cathlamet is infamous in Puget Sound as it has on several occasions struck ferry docks while attempting to dock. The problem was eventually traced to the computer that controls the pitch of the props, which because of a large amount of unshielded wiring, would short out a couple of signal lines causing the props to re-angle for full propulsion, instead of reversing. The computer system was eventually replaced in the early 2000s, and since then, the Cathlamet has not struck another dock.

Status

In late June 2014, the new Olympic-class ferry Tokitae replaced the Cathlamet on the Mukilteo/Clinton route. As a result, the Cathlamet was assigned to the Southworth/Vashon/Fauntleroy route to replace the Klahowya.^[3] Since being assigned to the North Vashon Triangle route, the Cathlamet has often been used as a relief boat elsewhere showing up on the Seattle-Bremerton route or the Mukilteo-Clinton route in planned and unplanned shortages. In 2011 she sailed between Edmonds and Clinton for a few days due to work being done on the Mukilteo dock.^[4]

References

↑ The Issaquahs today, part 2, evergreenfleet.com
↑ MV Cathlamet vessel information, WSF, WSDOT
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↑ Route information, WSF, WSDOT

External links

Media related to Cathlamet (ship, 1981) at Wikimedia Commons

Washington State Ferries

Routes

Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals

Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction) MV Suquamish (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Retired fleet

Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa

Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie

Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State

Skagit Kalama-class	MV Kalama MV Skagit

Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish

No Class	MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario MV Saksnonia MV Tyee MV Vashon SS San Mateo SS Shasta

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