# MV Sealth

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Auto/passenger ferry operated by Washington State

MV Sealth docked at Bainbridge Island History Name Sealth Owner WSDOT Operator Washington State Ferries Port of registry Seattle, Washington, United States Route Seattle - Bremerton Builder Marine Power and Equipment, Seattle Completed 1982 Refit: 2006 In service 1985 Identification IMO number: 7808152 MMSI number: 366710820 Callsign: WAK7089[1] Official Number: 662478 Status In Service - Seattle - Bremerton General characteristics Class & type Issaquah-class auto/passenger ferry Displacement 3,310 long tons (3,360 t) Length 328 ft (100 m) Beam 78 ft 8 in (23.98 m) Draft 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) Decks 1 auto deck/1 passenger deck Deck clearance 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) Installed power Total 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) from 2 diesel engines Propulsion Diesel Speed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Capacity 1,200 passengers 90 vehicles (max 30 commercial)[2] Crew 10

**MV *Sealth*** is a [*Issaquah*-class](/source/Issaquah-class_ferry) [ferry](/source/Ferry) operated by [Washington State Ferries](/source/Washington_State_Ferries). She is named for [Chief Sealth](/source/Chief_Seattle). 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.[3]

*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*](/source/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.[4] 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*](/source/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*](/source/MV_Kitsap) in [Rich Passage](/source/Rich_Passage) in heavy fog. No major damage was reported.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-evergreenfleet_1-0)** [Issaquah's Today Part 2 - M/V Sealth](http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstodaypart2.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071009122705/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/issaquahstodaypart2.html) October 9, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), evergreenfleet.com

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vessel_info_2-0)** [Vessel information - M/V Sealth](http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=36), WSF, WSDOT

1. **[^](#cite_ref-route_info_3-0)** [Route information - M/V Sealth](http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/schedules/current/index.cfm?route=sea-br), WSF, WSDOT

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["News release regarding leak"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130401025113/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/105768E1-30AA-4CC4-9FE2-AF7DD36B3258/88693/MoseleyWeeklyUpdate_120712.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/105768E1-30AA-4CC4-9FE2-AF7DD36B3258/88693/MoseleyWeeklyUpdate_120712.pdf) (PDF) on April 1, 2013.

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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