MV Golden Gate

{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = MV Golden Gate at Larkspur Landing, July 2025.jpg | image_caption = MV ''Golden Gate'' at [[Larkspur Landing]] in 2025 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = MV ''Golden Gate'' | owner = [[Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District]] | operator = [[Golden Gate Ferry]] | registry = [[Larkspur, California]], {{flag|United States}} | route = | ordered = | builder = | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = | completed = 1999 | christened = | acquired = 2009 | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9183207}} *{{MMSI Number|366778450}} *Official Number: D1063252 *[[Maritime call sign|Call Sign]]: WCY2726<ref name="evergreen">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/poff.html Passenger only fast fleet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031101706/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/poff.html |date=2020-10-31 }}, evergreenfleet.com</ref> | fate = | status = In service | notes = Previously MV ''Chinook'' }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Catamaran, passenger-only ferry | tonnage = | displacement = | length = {{convert|143|ft|3|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|39|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = {{convert|5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}. | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = Total 7,200 hp from 4 diesel engines | propulsion = [[Pump-jet|Waterjet]] | speed = {{convert|38|kn|km/h|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} | capacity = 350 passengers<ref name="vessel info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=95 Vessel information - M/V ''Chinook''], WSF, WSDOT</ref> | crew = | notes = }} }} '''MV ''Golden Gate''''' (previously '''MV ''Chinook''''') is a [[Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class ferry|passenger-only fast ferry]] operated by [[Golden Gate Ferries]].

The vessel is the second passenger ferry to hold the name and was purchased from [[Washington State Ferries]] by the [[Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District]] (along with {{MV|Snohomish}}) and entered service with Golden Gate Transit in May 2011 after a complete refit that began in late 2009.<ref name="MV Napa Arrives">[http://goldengate.org/news/ferry/mvnapa_arrival.php MV Napa Arrives], Golden Gate Transportation District</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2009-01-21 |title=State sells ferries Chinook and Snohomish |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/state-sells-ferries-chinook-and-snohomish/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

The vessel was built in 1999 to offer 30 minute ferry service from [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]] to [[Seattle]]. The service ceased a few years later because of beach possible erosion along Puget Sound's [[Rich Passage]]. As the ''Chinook'', the ferry had previously been [[reserve fleet|mothball]]ed at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, [[Bainbridge Island]] for four years when she was placed on eBay for auction on February 20, 2008, with an asking price of $4.5 million (USD).<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004184691_webchinook15m.html?syndication=rss The state ferry ''Chinook'' is for sale on eBay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524084931/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004184691_webchinook15m.html?syndication=rss |date=2011-05-24 }}, ''Seattle Times'', retrieved February 15, 2008</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Gate, MV}} [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:Ferries of California]] [[Category:High-speed craft]] [[Category:1998 ships]]