# Ferryboat Santa Rosa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ferryboat_Santa_Rosa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ferryboat_Santa_Rosa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferryboat_Santa_Rosa > Source revision: 1321514829 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American Steel Electric-class ferry Santa Rosa Santa Rosa at Pier 3 in San Francisco, California in 2008 History Name Santa Rosa (1927–1940) MV Enetai (1940–1989) Ferryboat Santa Rosa (1989–) Owner Golden Gate Ferries (1927–1940) Puget Sound Navigation Company (1940–1951) WSDOT (1951–1968) Donald Clair (1968–1989) Hornblower Cruises & Events (1989–) Builder General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California Yard number 6 Completed June 1927 In service 1927 Out of service 1968 Refit 1941 Refit 1989 Identification Official Number: 226599 Call Sign: WA4715[1] Status serves as banquet facility and office space General characteristics (as built) Class & type Steel Electric-class ferry Tonnage 2,465 GRT Length 256 ft (78 m) Beam 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) Propulsion 2 × Diesel-Electric engines, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) Speed 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Capacity 616 passengers 59 vehicles General characteristics (after 1941 refit) Type single ended auto/passenger ferry Beam 66 ft (20.1 m) Draft 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) Deck clearance 12 ft (3.7 m) Propulsion 1 × direct-drive Busch-Sulzer diesel, 2,800 hp (2,100 kW) Speed 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) Capacity 1,500 passengers 90 vehicles[1] General characteristics (after 1989 refit) Notes restored to original 1927 external appearance, deck converted to banquet facility and offices Capacity 500 passengers[2][failed verification] MV Santa Rosa U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location Pier 3, San Francisco, California Coordinates 37°47′54″N 122°23′43″W / 37.79833°N 122.39528°W / 37.79833; -122.39528 Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) Architectural style ferryboat NRHP reference No. 79000469[3] Added to NRHP 29 May 1979 ***Santa Rosa*** was a [Steel Electric-class](/source/Steel_Electric-class_ferry) [ferry](/source/Ferry) built in [Alameda, California](/source/Alameda%2C_California), for [Northwestern Pacific Railroad](/source/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad). She started out serving [Southern Pacific Railways](/source/Southern_Pacific_Railroad#Ferry_service) on their Golden Gate Ferries line on [San Francisco Bay](/source/San_Francisco_Bay). She was purchased by the [Puget Sound Navigation Company](/source/Puget_Sound_Navigation_Company) in 1940, and moved to [Puget Sound](/source/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](/source/Washington_State_Ferries) who took over operations in 1951.[1] The ferry was returned to San Francisco after her sale in 1968, but sat largely unused until purchased by [Hornblower Cruises](/source/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.[4][*[failed verification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability)*] 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.[2] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-evergreen_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-evergreen_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-evergreen_1-2) ["The Enetai: A Graceful Retirement"](http://www.evergreenfleet.com/enetai.html). evergreenfleet.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hornblower_fleet_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hornblower_fleet_2-1) ["Our Fleet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090703061943/http://www.hornblower.com/fleet.asp?port=sf). Hornblower Cruises & Events. Archived from [the original](http://www.hornblower.com/fleet.asp?port=sf) on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2012-10-17. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nris_3-0)** ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). March 13, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-hornblower_history_4-0)** ["About Hornblower Cruises & Events"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061030085402/https://www.hornblower.com/about/20years.asp). Hornblower Cruises & Events. Archived from [the original](http://www.hornblower.com/about/20years.asp) on 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-17. ## External links - [National Register of Historic Places Inventory—nomination form / MV *Santa Rosa*](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/79000469_text) with the National Park Service (pdf) - [Accompanying photos to nomination form](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/79000469_photos) with the National Park Service (pdf) This ferry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ferry-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AFerry-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ferry-stub) This article about transportation in California is a stub. 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