{{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Kaleetan coming into dock at Bremerton - July 2025.jpg | image_caption = ''Kaleetan'' in Bremerton in 2025 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''Kaleetan'' | owner = [[WSDOT]] | operator = [[Washington State Ferries]] | registry = Seattle, Washington | ordered = | builder = National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego) | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = March 12, 1967 | christened = | completed = 1967 | acquired = December 24, 1967 | maiden_voyage = | in_service = January 8, 1968 | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|8835346}} *{{MMSI Number|366772990}} *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WY2512 | fate = | status = Operational | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass2|Super|ferry|0}} [[Ferry|auto/passenger ferry]] | tonnage = * {{GT|2704}} * {{NetT|1214}} | displacement = {{cvt|3634|LT|t|lk=on}} | length = {{convert|382|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|73|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | height = | draft = {{convert|18|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = 2 car decks 2 passenger decks (One with a Sun Deck Promenade) | deck_clearance = {{convert|14|ft|5|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | ramps = 4 | ice_class = | power = Total {{cvt|8,000|hp|lk=in}} from 4 x diesel-electric engines | propulsion = 4 diesel-electric engines | speed = {{convert|17|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = *1,195 passengers *144 vehicles (max 30 commercial) *<small>Originally 2,500 passengers; 160 vehicles</small> | crew = 14 | notes = }} }} '''MV ''Kaleetan''''' is a {{sclass2|Super|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]].
The ''Kaleetan'' (meaning '''arrow''' in [[Chinook Jargon]]) is named for a mountain peak northwest of [[Snoqualmie Pass]]. It can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers.<ref name="vesselwatch">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/vesselwatch/VesselDetail.aspx?vessel_id=17|title=WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan|website=www.wsdot.wa.gov|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref> It is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. It was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.<ref name="vesselwatch"/>
The ''Kaleetan'' went into service in early 1968 serving the [[Seattle–Bainbridge ferry|Seattle-Bainbridge Island route]]. It was replaced by the {{MV|Spokane||2}} in 1973 and moved north to the [[Anacortes-San Juan Islands ferry|Anacortes-San Juan Islands]] route. It remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when it got a midlife upgrade.<ref name="evergreen">{{Cite web|url=https://evergreenfleet.com/kaleetan/|title=The M/V Kaleetan|last=Pickens|first=Steven J|website=evergreenfleet.com|access-date=2025-06-15}}</ref>
Since its midlife overhaul, the ''Kaleetan'' has generally been assigned to the [[Seattle–Bremerton ferry|Seattle-Bremerton]] route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.<ref name="evergreen"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=23 Vessel info from WSDOT]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaleetan, MV}} [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:1967 ships]]