The '''Passenger-Only Fast Ferry''', also known as the '''Chinook class''',<ref>{{cite news |last=Friedrich |first=Ed |date=April 24, 1999 |title=Fifth ferry's fate lies in budget |page=A1 |work=[[Kitsap Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kitsap-sun-fifth-ferrys-fate-lies-in-bu/188645229/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=January 10, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2000 |title=1999 Annual Report: WSF Today |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/corporate_communications/index.cfm?fuseaction=1999_wsf_today |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220192907/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/corporate_communications/index.cfm?fuseaction=1999_wsf_today |archive-date=February 20, 2003 |accessdate=January 10, 2026}}</ref> are ferries built by [[Dakota Creek Industries]] in [[Anacortes, Washington]] for [[Washington State Ferries]] beginning in 1998. They are unique in the system for being propelled by [[Pump-jet|water jets]] rather than traditional [[propeller]]s. With these jets, they travel at the very high speed of 38 knots.
There was opposition to the ferries due to allegations of [[coastal erosion|beach erosion]] in [[Rich Passage]] caused by their [[Wake (physics)|wake]]. The state settled these claims for $4.5 million in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/04/01/daily21.html|title=Fast ferry lawsuit settled|publisher=Puget Sound Business Journal|date=April 2, 2002|accessdate=2008-08-19}}</ref>
In 2009, both vessels were sold to [[Golden Gate Ferries]] which uses them on the [[San Francisco]] - [[Marin County]] run.
The '''Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class''' ferries include:
* [[MV Golden Gate|MV ''Golden Gate'']] (Formerly '''MV ''Chinook''''') * [[MV Napa|MV ''Napa'']] (Formerly '''MV ''Snohomish''''')
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622190446/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/corporate_communications/index.cfm?fuseaction=1999_engineering Fast Ferry procurement] *[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?fuseaction=classes Washington State Ferries class information] *[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/index.cfm?fuseaction=our_history Washington State Ferries history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012062424/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/yourwsf/ |date=2012-10-12 }}
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