{{For|the older ferry|MV Kitsap (1925)}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = MV Kitsap arriving in Seattle.JPG | image_caption = MV ''Kitsap'' arrives in Downtown Seattle (2011) }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = MV ''Kitsap'' | owner = [[WSDOT]] | operator = [[Washington State Ferries]] | registry = [[Seattle, Washington]], {{flag|United States}} | route = Southworth-Fauntleroy-Vashon | ordered = | builder = [[Marine Power and Equipment]], Seattle | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 17 October 1980 | christened = | completed = *1980 *Refit: 1992 | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|7808126}} *{{MMSI Number|366772980}} *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WYR3421<ref name="today1">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstoday.html The Issaquahs today, part 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009122320/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstoday.html |date=2007-10-09 }}, evergreenfleet.com</ref> *Official Number: 630023 | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry|0}} [[Ferry|auto/passenger ferry]] | tonnage = | displacement = | length = {{convert|328|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|78|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = {{convert|16|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = 2 car decks 1 passenger deck | deck_clearance = {{convert|15|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | ramps = | ice_class = | power = Total {{cvt|5,000|hp|lk=in}} from 2 diesel engines | propulsion = | sail_plan = | speed = {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = *1,200 passengers *124 vehicles (max 26 commercial)<ref name="vessel info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=34 Vessel information], WSF, WSDOT</ref> | crew = 12 | notes = }} }} [[File:V Kitsap Departing Mukilteo.jpg|thumb|Leaving Mukilteo while filling in for the {{MV|Tokitae}}.]] '''MV ''Kitsap''''' is an {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]]. The ''Kitsap'' was built in 1980 as an ''Issaquah'' class and upgraded in 1992 moving it to the Issaquah 130 class due to adding an upper car deck. The vessel also received interior upgrades. The vessel used to have a rainbow color of blue, but has since been renovated with interior colors light, and dark blue, and dark green.
This vessel was originally used on the Seattle–Bremerton route. Over time, larger boats have generally displaced the Kitsap from the Seattle-Bremerton route, and the ferry has spent more and more time as a relief boat, filling in for ferries on other runs when they are out of service. The ''Kitsap'' is most frequently found on the Mukilteo-Clinton route, but is also often found on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth, Anacortes-San Juan Islands, and Seattle-Bremerton routes.
==Incidents== * In 1987, after a [[punk rock]] concert featuring Seattle band [[The Accüsed]] and British band [[Charged GBH|G.B.H.]], rowdy concertgoers returning to Seattle from Natasha's in Bremerton incited a riot aboard the ''Kitsap'', resulting in damages that cost $40,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evergreenfleet.com/kitsap1980.html|title=The Issaquah class today|publisher=Evergreen Fleet website}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19871005&id=_ItUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3232,433251&hl=en |title= Rock fans riot on ferry |date= October 5, 1987 |work= Ellensburg Daily Record |access-date= January 15, 2016}}</ref> * In 1991, the ''Kitsap'' collided with the {{MV|Sealth}} in heavy fog in [[Rich Passage]]. Five years later, she ran aground on nearly the same spot as the collision.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferries Collide -- Sealth, Kitsap Bump In Thick Fog {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910906&slug=1303959 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Investigation Into Grounding Of State Ferry Could Take Weeks {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960919&slug=2350043 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{commons category inline|IMO 7808126}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitsap (1980), MV}} [[Category:1980 ships]] [[Category:Ships built in Seattle]] [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]]
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