{{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2012}} {{Notability|date=July 2019}} }} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = MV Salish - IMO 9618329 - Coupeville, WA (cropped).jpg | image_caption = MV ''Salish'' arriving at the Keystone/Coupeville terminal }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''Salish'' | owner = Washington State Ferries | operator = [[Washington State Ferries]] | registry = | route = [[Port Townsend]]-[[Coupeville]] ([[Keystone, Island County, Washington|Keystone]]) (summer and shoulder season), relief vessel (winter) | ordered = | builder = [[Todd Pacific Shipyard]]s, [[Seattle]] | original_cost = | yard_number = 100 | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = December 23, 2010<ref>[https://www.ship-db.de/nawbn.php?wbn_nr=TODS100010D Ship-DB Schiffs-Datenbank]</ref> | completed = May 12, 2011 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = June 30, 2011 | in_service = July 1, 2011<ref name="start" /> | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9618329}} *{{MMSI Number|367480010}} *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WDF6992 | fate = | status = | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass2|Kwa-di Tabil|ferry|0}} [[Ferry|auto/passenger ferry]] | tonnage = | displacement = | length = {{convert|273|ft|8|in|m|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="plans">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9E9A2BAF-2662-4C69-A025-DD4F3E2F52CF/0/64CarFerryPlans.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Ferries]] |title=New 60-Auto Ferry, Profiles and Arrangements |author=Elliott Bay Design Group |date=2008-09-03 |accessdate=2010-04-04 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014100055/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9E9A2BAF-2662-4C69-A025-DD4F3E2F52CF/0/64CarFerryPlans.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-14 }}</ref> | beam = | height = | draught = | draft = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = {{convert|15|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = | propulsion = Diesel, Variable Pitch Propeller<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evergreenfleet.com/kwaditabil.html |title=Kwa-di Tabil Class |website=evergreenfleet.com |access-date=February 9, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031073857/https://evergreenfleet.com/kwaditabil.html |archive-date=October 31, 2020}}</ref> | speed = | capacity = 64 vehicles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/ferries/64carferries/ |title=Kwa-di Tabil Class (64-Car) Ferries |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=2010-02-06 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212103624/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/ferries/64carferries/ |archivedate=2010-02-12 }}</ref> | crew = | notes = }} }} '''MV ''Salish''''' is a {{sclass2|Kwa-di Tabil|ferry}} built at [[Todd Pacific Shipyard]]s in [[Seattle]], Washington for the [[Washington State Ferries]]. The vessel was put into service on July 1, 2011 on the [[Port Townsend]]-[[Coupeville]] ([[Keystone, Island County, Washington|Keystone]], [[Whidbey Island]]) route.<ref name="start">{{cite news |url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124880604.html |title=New state ferry Salish enters service |date=July 1, 2011 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KOMONews.com |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614033301/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/124880604.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The ''Salish'' serves on the Port Townsend-Coupeville run during the summer and summer-shoulder seasons. In the winter, late fall, and early spring, the ''Salish'' is a back-up vessel, coming into service as needed when other ferries undergo maintenance, usually on the Port Townsend-Coupeville or Point Defiance-Tahlequah runs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121014/NEWS01/710149911 |title=Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry route drops to 1 boat |date=October 14, 2012 |first=Charlie |last=Bermant |newspaper=Peninsula Daily News |publisher=HeraldNet}}</ref>
==Design== The ''Salish''{{'}}s design is based on that of the {{MV|Island Home}} ferry that is owned by [[The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority]]. The particular class has had some mechanical issues, causing some{{who|date=December 2018}} in Washington to question the use of the design.
The ''Salish'' shares the design of its sister, the {{MV|Chetzemoka}}. The design is somewhat unusual for a Washington State Ferry, as the vessel has two elevators, multiple stairwells, and a smoke stack on the same side of the ferry, instead of being symmetrical. This oddity in design, has given the vessels a pronounced 1 degree [[angle of list|list]], causing some to call the vessels "Eileen" (I lean). When the boat is loaded, the list is not noticeable.
This vessel was used as an emergency replacement vessel on the well traveled Bremerton-Seattle run, during this time it was observed the overpowered and diesel fuel-hungry engines couldn't make the {{convert|16|kn|adj=on}} speed they were designed for and could do at best {{convert|12.8|kn}} (earning the nickname M/V slowish) resulting in major travel delays on top of the reduced capacity one would expect from this small vessel.
The Kwa-di Tabils are also the first "smaller scale" vessel to allow access to the "Texas Deck", the area on top of the vessel between pilot houses. Only the {{sclass2|Super|ferry|0}}, {{sclass2|Jumbo|ferry|0}}, and {{sclass2|Jumbo Mark-II|ferry|0}} ferries allow such access. The Kwa-di Tabils are also the first vessel in the Washington State Ferries fleet to have a mezzanine deck, between the main passenger cabin and the car deck, which on one side is primarily configured to hold bicycles (instead of them being relegated to the car deck), and the other simply for passengers. These mezzanine decks are not connected, except via the main passenger cabin, allowing for {{convert|15|ft|10|in}} of clearance in the center of the vessel.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category|IMO 9618329}} * [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/vesselwatch/VesselDetail.aspx?vessel_id=66 WSDOT Ferries: M/V ''Salish''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100212103624/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/ferries/64carferries/ 64carferries]
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