# MV Crosline

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Canadian ferry boat

above : Crosline in service, prior to 1940. When serving in Vancouver BC, the auto deck was enclosed for passenger-only service; upon her return to the United States, the ferry was converted to double-ended operation. History Name Crosline Owner Crosby Direct Line Ferries, Puget Sound Navigation Co., and others Builder Marine Construction Co., Seattle, WA Launched June 22, 1925 In service 1925 Out of service 1967 Identification US registry #224839; Radio Call Letters: WH7219 Fate Converted to shoreside structure. Notes Designed by L.H. Coolidge. Reconstructed 1947. General characteristics Type Auto/ passenger ferry Length As built : 150 ft (45.72 m) Beam As built :48 ft (14.63 m) Installed power Originally : 750 HP Sumner diesel engine. Capacity 65 automobiles

The **MV *Crosline*** was a wooden, diesel ship launched in [Seattle](/source/Seattle) on June 22, 1925 for the [Crosby Direct Line Ferry Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crosby_Direct_Line_Ferry_Company&action=edit&redlink=1). It could carry 300 passengers and 65 cars.

## Career

*Crosline* was originally built for the [Alki-Manchester Ferry](/source/Alki-Manchester_Ferry) route on [Puget Sound](/source/Puget_Sound) in Washington state.[1]

On May 20, 1942, the *Crosline* arrived in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) to join the [Burrard Inlet ferries](/source/SeaBus#History). It was purchased because of the need for more ferries to take shipyard workers to the [north shore](/source/North_Vancouver_(city)). In 1947, after the war, the Crosline was sold to the ferry system of the [Washington State Department of Highways](/source/Washington_State_Department_of_Transportation) where it was rebuilt into a double-ended ferry with a pilothouse and propulsion on both ends of the ferry. It served with the [MV *Skansonia*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Skansonia&action=edit&redlink=1) on the route between [Gig Harbor](/source/Gig_Harbor%2C_Washington) and [Point Defiance](/source/Point_Defiance_Park) until 1950, when the [second Tacoma Narrows Bridge](/source/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1950)) opened. In 1951, [Washington State Ferries](/source/Washington_State_Ferries) was formed when the state acquired almost all of the [Black Ball Line](/source/Puget_Sound_Navigation_Company)'s assets, and the *Crosline* joined WSF's fleet.[2]

The *Crosline*'s last trip was the 9:55 p.m. departure on [Labor Day](/source/Labor_Day) of 1967. The ferry system sold the ship later in the year on December 19. It was first used as a warehouse on [Lake Union](/source/Lake_Union), than sold again in 1975, where it was moved to [Coos Bay, Oregon](/source/Coos_Bay%2C_Oregon) to be used as a restaurant. The restaurant failed, and instead her superstructure was removed to become a warehouse again, but this time shore-based. *Crosline*'s hull was eventually disassembled, and the remaining timbers and planks became part of a fishing boat and a dock.[2]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-McCurdy_1-0)** Newell, ed., *McCurdy Marine History*, at page 366.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Evergreen_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Evergreen_2-1) [Evergreenfleet.com (page on *Crosline*, with history and images)](https://evergreenfleet.com/crosline/). Retrieved 06-12-11

## References

- [History of Metropolitan Vancouver](http://www.vancouverhistory.ca)

- [Evergreenfleet.com (page on *Crosline*, with history and images](https://evergreenfleet.com/crosline/) (accessed 06-12-11)

- [Demoro, Harre W.](/source/Harre_W._Demoro) (1971). *The Evergreen Fleet: A Pictorial History of Washington State Ferries*. San Marino, California: [Golden West Books](/source/Golden_West_Books). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780870950377](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780870950377). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [141974](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/141974).

- Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., *Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound*, Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-914515-00-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-914515-00-4)

- Newell, Gordon R. ed., *H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest*, Superior Publishing, Seattle WA 1966 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87564-220-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87564-220-9)

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