MV Sealth

{{Short description|Auto/passenger ferry operated by Washington State}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Mv Sealth.JPG |image_caption=MV ''Sealth'' docked at [[Bainbridge Island, Washington|Bainbridge Island]] }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name=''Sealth'' |owner=[[WSDOT]] |operator=[[Washington State Ferries]] |registry=[[Seattle, Washington]], {{flag|United States}} |route= Seattle - Bremerton |ordered= |builder=[[Marine Power and Equipment]], Seattle |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched= |christened= |completed=*1982 *Refit: 2006 |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service=1985 |out_of_service= |identification=*{{IMO Number|7808152}} *{{MMSI Number|366710820}} *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WAK7089<ref name="evergreenfleet">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstodaypart2.html Issaquah's Today Part 2 - M/V Sealth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009122705/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstodaypart2.html |date=October 9, 2007 }}, evergreenfleet.com</ref> *Official Number: 662478 |fate= |status=In Service - Seattle - Bremerton |notes= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class={{sclass|Issaquah|ferry|0}} [[Ferry|auto/passenger ferry]] |tonnage= |displacement={{cvt|3310|LT|t}} |length={{cvt|328|ft|m}} |beam={{cvt|78|ft|8|in|m}} |height= |draught= |draft={{cvt|15|ft|6|in|m}} |depth= |decks= 1 auto deck/1 passenger deck |deck_clearance={{cvt|15|ft|2|in|m}} |ramps= |ice_class= |power=Total {{cvt|5,000|hp|lk=in}} from 2 diesel engines |propulsion=Diesel |sail_plan= |speed={{convert|16|kn|lk=in}} |capacity=*1,200 passengers *90 vehicles (max 30 commercial)<ref name="vessel info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=36 Vessel information - M/V Sealth], WSF, WSDOT</ref> |crew=10 |notes= }} }} '''MV ''Sealth''''' is a {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]]. She is named for [[Chief Seattle|Chief Sealth]]. The ''Sealth'' underwent cabin rebuilding in last 2006, after which she was in service on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth route. The ''Sealth'' was then the #2 vessel on the route. Earlier she was taken out of service due to a seam needing weld repairs.<ref name="route info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/schedules/current/index.cfm?route=sea-br Route information - M/V Sealth], WSF, WSDOT</ref>

[[File:Washington State Ferries MV Sealth.jpg|thumb|left|''Sealth'' nearing Colman Dock]] The ''Sealth'' was not listed to return to the San Juan Islands in late 2015. She was in service at Seattle/Bremerton and switched to the Vashon route mid-fall and she remained there until the Winter 2016 schedule began. She replaced the {{MV|Klahowya}} as the inter-island ferry in the San Juans when it was retired. She is currently on the San Juan’s inter-island and San Juans Anacortes routes during low traffic times of day.

==Incidents== On November 7, 2012, the ''Sealth'' was serving the Bremerton run when a hole four feet under the waterline at No. 2 end port side was discovered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/105768E1-30AA-4CC4-9FE2-AF7DD36B3258/88693/MoseleyWeeklyUpdate_120712.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401025113/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/105768E1-30AA-4CC4-9FE2-AF7DD36B3258/88693/MoseleyWeeklyUpdate_120712.pdf|url-status=dead|title=News release regarding leak|archivedate=April 1, 2013}}</ref> The ferry was pulled from service in the day and the leak was fixed a week later at Dakota Creek Shipyard of Anacortes. This caused the {{MV|Salish}} to be put on the run, causing a loss of 30% percent of the run's regular car capacity.

In 1991, the ''Sealth'' collided with the {{MV|Kitsap}} in [[Rich Passage]] in heavy fog. No major damage was reported.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sealth, MV}} [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:Ships built in Seattle]] [[Category:1982 ships]]