# MV Kaleetan

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Kaleetan in Bremerton in 2025 History Name Kaleetan Owner WSDOT Operator Washington State Ferries Port of registry Seattle, Washington Builder National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego) Launched March 12, 1967 Completed 1967 Acquired December 24, 1967 In service January 8, 1968 Identification IMO number: 8835346 MMSI number: 366772990 Callsign: WY2512 Status Operational General characteristics Class & type Super-class auto/passenger ferry Tonnage 2,704 GT 1,214 NT Displacement 3,634 long tons (3,692 t) Length 382 ft 2 in (116.5 m) Beam 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m) Draft 18 ft 6 in (5.6 m) Decks 2 car decks 2 passenger decks (One with a Sun Deck Promenade) Deck clearance 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m) Ramps 4 Installed power Total 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) from 4 x diesel-electric engines Propulsion 4 diesel-electric engines Speed 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) Capacity 1,195 passengers 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial) Originally 2,500 passengers; 160 vehicles Crew 14

**MV *Kaleetan*** is a [Super-class](/source/Super-class_ferry) [ferry](/source/Ferry) operated by [Washington State Ferries](/source/Washington_State_Ferries).

The *Kaleetan* (meaning **arrow** in [Chinook Jargon](/source/Chinook_Jargon)) is named for a mountain peak northwest of [Snoqualmie Pass](/source/Snoqualmie_Pass). It can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers.[1] It is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. It was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.[1]

The *Kaleetan* went into service in early 1968 serving the [Seattle-Bainbridge Island route](/source/Seattle%E2%80%93Bainbridge_ferry). It was replaced by the [*Spokane*](/source/MV_Spokane) in 1973 and moved north to the [Anacortes-San Juan Islands](/source/Anacortes-San_Juan_Islands_ferry) route. It remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when it got a midlife upgrade.[2]

Since its midlife overhaul, the *Kaleetan* has generally been assigned to the [Seattle-Bremerton](/source/Seattle%E2%80%93Bremerton_ferry) route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vesselwatch_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vesselwatch_1-1) ["WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan"](http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/vesselwatch/VesselDetail.aspx?vessel_id=17). *www.wsdot.wa.gov*. Retrieved 2016-09-18.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-evergreen_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-evergreen_2-1) Pickens, Steven J. ["The M/V Kaleetan"](https://evergreenfleet.com/kaleetan/). *evergreenfleet.com*. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

## External links

- [Vessel info from WSDOT](http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=23)

v t e Washington State Ferries Routes Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Island Seattle–Bremerton Terminals Colman Dock (Seattle) Other Public art Current fleet Evergreen State class MV Tillikum Super class MV Kaleetan MV Yakima Jumbo class MV Spokane MV Walla Walla Issaquah class MV Issaquah MV Kittitas MV Kitsap MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Sealth Jumbo Mark-II class MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup Kwa-di Tabil class MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick Olympic class MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum MV Suquamish MV Wishkah (future) Retired fleet Wood Electric class MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie Steel Electric class MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa Evergreen State class MV Evergreen State MV Klahowya Super class MV Hyak MV Elwha Skagit Kalama class MV Kalama MV Skagit Passenger-Only Fast Ferry class MV Chinook MV Snohomish No class MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario SS San Mateo SS Shasta MV Skansonia MV Tyee MV Vashon

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