Skagit Kalama-class ferry

{{use dmy dates |date=May 2024}} {{Infobox ship |infobox_caption=''Skagit'' / ''Kalama'' class |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview |builders=Halter Marine, New Orleans, Louisiana<ref name="mm">{{cite web |url=http://maritimematters.com/2012/07/mv-skagit-former-u-s-ferry-capsizes-off-tanzanian-coast/ |title=MV Skagit, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast |first=Shawn |last=Drake |date=18 July 2012 |website=Maritime Matters |access-date=2012-08-11}}</ref> |operators= |class_before= |class_after= |subclasses= |built_range=1989 |in_service_range=1989–present |total_ships_building= |total_ships_planned= |total_ships_completed=2 |total_ships_canceled= |total_ships_active= |total_ships_laid_up= |total_ships_lost=1 |total_ships_retired= |total_ships_preserved= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |type=passenger ferry |tonnage= |displacement= |length={{convert|112|ft}} |beam={{convert|25|ft}} |height= |draft={{convert|8|ft}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power= |propulsion= |speed={{convert|25|kn}} |capacity= |crew= |notes= }} }} The '''''Skagit'' / ''Kalama''-class''' ferries were high-speed passenger vessels built for [[Washington State Ferries]] (WSF) in 1989. The {{MV|Skagit}} and {{MV|Kalama}} were the only ferries in this class.

After the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], the pair were loaned to [[San Francisco]] where they ferried passengers while the damaged [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] was repaired.<ref name="mm" /> Later the pair served the [[Seattle]]–[[Vashon Island]] route.<ref name="bw" />

Both vessels were permanently docked in 2009 after WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 they were sold for $400,000 and expected to be transported to [[Tanzania]] where they would provide service between the mainland and [[Zanzibar]].<ref name="bw">{{cite news |url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-20/death-toll-rises-to-31-in-tanzania-ferry-accident |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723000852/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-20/death-toll-rises-to-31-in-tanzania-ferry-accident |archive-date=23 July 2012 |title=Death toll rises to 31 in Tanzania ferry accident |agency=[[Associated Press]] |first=Ali |last=Sultan |date=20 July 2012 |newspaper=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/02/POF_021811.htm |title=Washington ferries destined for Tanzania |website=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |date=18 February 2011 |access-date=18 February 2011}}</ref> On 18 July 2012, ''Skagit'' capsized and sank off the coast of Tanzania, near the island of [[Unguja]]. More than 250 people were believed to be on board at the time.

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== External links == *{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?fuseaction=classes |title=Vessels By Class |website=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]]}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/yourwsf/History.htm |title=Washington State Ferries History |website=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]]}} *{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/mount-rainier/article/12-dead-after-former-Wash-ferry-sinks-in-Africa-3716868.php |title=12 dead after former Wash. ferry sinks in Africa |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=18 July 2012}}

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