MV Illahee

{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=MV Illahee.jpg |image_caption=MV ''Illahee'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name=*1927-1940: ''Lake Tahoe'' *1940-2009: ''Illahee'' |owner=*1927-1940: [[Southern Pacific Railroad#Ferry service|Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd]] *1940-1951: [[Puget Sound Navigation Company]] *1951-2009: [[WSDOT]] |operator=*1927-1940: [[Southern Pacific Railroad#Ferry service|Southern Pacific-Golden Gate Ferries Ltd]] *1940-1951: [[Puget Sound Navigation Company|Black Ball Line]] *1951-2007: [[Washington State Ferries]] |registry=Seattle, Washington {{flag|USA}} |route= |ordered=September 18, 1926 |builder=[[Moore Dry Dock Company]], [[Oakland, California]] |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched= |completed=*Built: 1927 *First Refit: 1958 *Second Refit: 1986 |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service=1927 |out_of_service=November 20, 2007 |fate=Scrapped in 2009, Ensenada, Mexico |identification=*{{IMO Number|8836091}} *Official Number: 226588 *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: WXT9366 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class={{sclass2|Steel Electric|ferry|0}} [[Ferry|auto/passenger ferry]] |tonnage= |displacement= |length={{convert|256|ft|2|in|m|0|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|73|ft|10|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|12|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance={{convert|12|ft|7|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |ramps= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power=Total {{cvt|2,896|hp|lk=in}} from 2 x [[diesel-electric]] engines |propulsion= |speed={{convert|12|kn|lk=in}} |capacity=*616 passengers *59 vehicles (max 24 commercial)<ref>[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=51 Vessel Information on the MV ''Illahee''] - WSDOT, WSF</ref> |crew= |notes= }} }} '''MV ''Illahee''''' was a {{sclass2|Steel Electric|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]].

Originally built as MV ''Lake Tahoe'' in [[Oakland, California]] for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], she started out serving on SP's Golden Gate Ferries subsidiary on [[San Francisco Bay]]. She was purchased by the [[Puget Sound Navigation Company]] in 1940, and she was moved to [[Puget Sound]] and renamed ''Illahee'' until [[Washington State Ferries]] acquired and took over operations in 1951.<ref>[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/illaheeretired.html The MV ''Illahee''] - evergreenfleet.com</ref>

She was serving on the inter-island route in the [[San Juan Islands]] when the entire Steel Electric class was [[Steel Electric-class ferry#Corrosion and 2007 withdrawal from service|withdrawn from service]] on November 20, 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004064725_ferry11m.html |title=Crucial Car Ferry Likely Out For A Year Or More |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204010828/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004064725_ferry11m.html |archive-date=2010-12-04 |work=Seattle Times |date=December 11, 2007}}</ref> due to hull corrosion issues.

In the summer of 2009, ''Illahee'' and her sisters were sold to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California. In August 2009 the ferry was towed out of Eagle Harbor and was scrapped in Ensenada, Mexico.<ref>[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/illaheeretired.html The MV ''Illahee''] - evergreenfleet.com</ref>

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 {{ISBN|0-914515-00-4}}

==See also== {{Commons-inline|Category:Illahee (ship, 1927)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Illahee, MV}} [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:1927 ships]] [[Category:Puget Sound Navigation Company]] [[Category:Ships built in Oakland, California]]