Ferryboat Santa Rosa

{{Short description|American Steel Electric-class ferry}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=Ferryboat ''Santa Rosa'' |infobox_caption=''Santa Rosa'' |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Ferryboat mv santa rosa.jpg |image_caption=''Santa Rosa'' at Pier 3 in [[San Francisco]], California in 2008 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |flag={{shipboxflag|USA}} |name=*''Santa Rosa'' (1927–1940) *MV ''Enetai'' (1940–1989) *Ferryboat ''Santa Rosa'' (1989–) |owner=*[[Southern Pacific Railroad#Ferry service|Golden Gate Ferries]] (1927–1940) *[[Puget Sound Navigation Company]] (1940–1951) *[[WSDOT]] (1951–1968) *Donald Clair (1968–1989) *[[Hornblower Cruises & Events]] (1989–) |operator= |registry= |route= |builder=[[General Engineering & Dry Dock Company]], [[Alameda, California]] |yard_number=6 |completed=June 1927 |in_service=1927 |out_of_service=1968 |refit=1941 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=yes |refit=1989 |status=serves as banquet facility and office space |identification=*Official Number: 226599 *Call Sign: WA4715<ref name="evergreen"> {{cite web |url=http://www.evergreenfleet.com/enetai.html |title=The Enetai: A Graceful Retirement |publisher=evergreenfleet.com |accessdate=2012-10-17 }}</ref> }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |header_caption=(as built) |class={{sclass2|Steel Electric|ferry}} |tonnage={{GRT|2465}} |length={{convert|256|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|46|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |height= |draft= |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |propulsion=2 × [[Diesel-Electric]] engines, {{convert|2400|hp|abbr=on}} |speed={{convert|12|kn}} |capacity=*616 passengers *59 vehicles |crew= |notes= }}

|section5={{Infobox ship/characteristics |header_caption=(after 1941 refit) |type=single ended auto/passenger ferry |tonnage= |displacement= |length= |beam={{convert|66|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance={{convert|12|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |ramps= |propulsion=1 × direct-drive [[Busch-Sulzer]] diesel, {{convert|2800|hp|abbr=on}} |speed={{convert|15|kn}} |capacity=*1,500 passengers *90 vehicles<ref name="evergreen" /> |crew= |notes= }}

|section6={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption=(after 1989 refit) |notes=restored to original 1927 external appearance, deck converted to banquet facility and offices }}

|section7={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header=yes |capacity=500 passengers<ref name="hornblower fleet"> {{cite web |url = http://www.hornblower.com/fleet.asp?port=sf |title = Our Fleet |publisher = Hornblower Cruises & Events |accessdate = 2012-10-17 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090703061943/http://www.hornblower.com/fleet.asp?port=sf |archivedate = 2009-07-03 }}</ref>{{failed verification |date=October 2012}} }}

|section8={{Infobox NRHP | name = MV ''Santa Rosa'' | embed = yes | location = Pier 3, [[San Francisco, California]] | coordinates = {{coord|37|47|54|N|122|23|43|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = California | map_width = 300 | architecture = ferryboat | added = 29 May 1979 | area = {{convert|0.3|acre}} | refnum = 79000469<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> }} }} '''''Santa Rosa''''' was a {{sclass2|Steel Electric|ferry}} built in [[Alameda, California]], for [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad]]. She started out serving [[Southern Pacific Railroad#Ferry service|Southern Pacific Railways]] on their Golden Gate Ferries line on [[San Francisco Bay]].

She was purchased by the [[Puget Sound Navigation Company]] in 1940, and moved to [[Puget Sound]]. Puget Sound Navigation Company, believing that a single ended ferry would be more economical and faster, replaced her engines and converted her to a single-ended ferry, effectively making her no longer a true Steel Electric-class ferry. She was also renamed MV ''Enetai'', which is the name she kept when she was later acquired by [[Washington State Ferries]] who took over operations in 1951.<ref name="evergreen" /> The ferry was returned to San Francisco after her sale in 1968, but sat largely unused until purchased by [[Hornblower Cruises]] in 1989. Hornblower restored her aft wheelhouse in an attempt to make her look like her original profile from 1927, however the passenger cabin retained the remodeled outline from her 1941 single-end conversion.<ref name="hornblower history"> {{cite web |url=http://www.hornblower.com/about/20years.asp |title=About Hornblower Cruises & Events |publisher=Hornblower Cruises & Events |accessdate=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030085402/https://www.hornblower.com/about/20years.asp |archivedate=2006-10-30 }}</ref>{{failed verification |date=October 2012}} She is currently moored at Pier 3 in San Francisco, where she serves as office space for Hornblower's Northern California Operations and also as Corporate Headquarters for Hornblower's suite of companies which include: * Hornblower Cruises & Events * Alcatraz Cruises * Statue Cruises * Niagara Cruises * Liberty Landing Ferry * Hornblower Classic Cable Cars * NYC Ferry Service The Ferryboat ''Santa Rosa'' has since been retired from rental events.<ref name="hornblower fleet" />

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == *{{NRHP url|id=79000469|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory—nomination form / MV ''Santa Rosa''}} with the National Park Service (pdf) **{{NRHP url|id=79000469|title=Accompanying photos to nomination form|photos=y}} with the National Park Service (pdf)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Rosa}} [[Category:Ferries of California]] [[Category:Ships built in Alameda, California]] [[Category:1927 ships]] [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco]] [[Category:Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in California]]