{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name=MV ''Kalama'' |owner=[[WSDOT]] |operator=[[Washington State Ferries]] |registry=[[Seattle, Washington]], {{flag|United States}} |route= |ordered= |builder= |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched= |completed=1989 |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service=2009 |identification=*{{IMO Number|8645296}} *Official Number: D949139 *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: WAA6310<ref name="evergreen">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/monohull.html The Monohull ferries - M/V ''Kalama''], evergreenfleet.com</ref> |fate= |status= |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |name=''Kalama'' |owner= |operator=Seagull Sea Transport (Zanzibar)<ref name=guardian>{{citation|newspaper=The Guardian|location=Tanzania|publisher=[[IPP Media]]|title=Zanzibar tightens marine safety|date=July 24, 2012|url=http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/?l=43989|accessdate=October 16, 2013}}</ref> |registry=Zanzibar (October 25, 2011–)<ref name=guardian/> |route=[[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania–[[Unguja Island]], Zanzibar |acquired=c. 2011 |in_service=c. 2011 |out_of_service=July 26, 2012 |identification= |fate= |status= |notes= }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class=[[Skagit Kalama-class ferry|''Skagit Kalama''-class]] passenger ferry |tonnage= |displacement= |length={{convert|112|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|25|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|8|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power=Total {{convert|2,840|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} from 4 diesel engines |propulsion= |speed= |capacity=250 passengers<ref name="vessel info">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030225075516/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=82 Vessel information - M/V ''Kalama''], WSF, WSDOT</ref> |crew= |notes= }} }}
'''MV ''Kalama''''' was a {{sclass|Skagit Kalama|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]] (WSF). {{MV|Skagit||2}} and ''Kalama'' were constructed in 1989 at Halter Marine in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drake|first=Shawn|title=MV SKAGIT, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast|url=http://maritimematters.com/2012/07/mv-skagit-former-u-s-ferry-capsizes-off-tanzanian-coast/|publisher=Maritime Matters|accessdate=May 20, 2014}}</ref> Along with ''Skagit'', she operated the [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]-[[Vashon, Washington|Vashon Island]] passenger-only service. In 2006 WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 ''Kalama'' and ''Skagit'' were sold. The vessels were transported to [[Tanzania]] to provide service between the mainland and [[Zanzibar]].<ref>[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/02/POF_021811.htm Washington ferries destined for Tanzania], Washington State Department of Transportation, Friday, February 18, 2011. Accessed February 18, 2011.</ref>
''Kalama'' was ordered taken out of service by the Zanzibar government after [[MV Skagit#Sinking|the loss of ''Skagit'']] in 2012.<ref name=tdn>{{citation|title=Tanzania: From the Zanzibar House of Reps|author=ISSA YUSSUF|date=July 27, 2012|newspaper=[[Tanzania Daily News]]|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201207270560.html?viewall=1|accessdate=October 16, 2013}}</ref>
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