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Recently, I planned a trip to Vashon Island, one of the largest islands in the Puget Sound, just south of Seattle. To get there, I booked a 20-minute ferry ride from Seattle on the Washington ...
MacArthur said his version of leapfrogging was different from what he called island hopping, [13] which was the style favored by the Central Pacific Area commanded by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz where direct assaults on heavily defended beaches and islands led to massive casualties at Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. [14]
In April 2009, the West Seattle route was renamed from the Elliott Bay Water Taxi to the King County Water Taxi. [14] Later that year, on September 28, 2009, the Vashon Island/Downtown Seattle route was transferred from Washington State Ferries and became the second King County Water Taxi Route. [15]
Before ferries were dominant on Puget Sound, the route was served by passenger and freight-carrying steamboats. The wooden steamship Florence K served the route for the Eagle Harbor Transportation Co., until 1915 when the company put the new steamer Bainbridge on the route, and shifted Florence K to the Seattle–Port Washington route.
The MV Sealth is a Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. She is named for 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 ...
The aluminum catamaran was built in 2014 by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington for US$6.25 million (US$8.03 million in 2023 dollars [4]), and is used primarily on the Vashon Island–Seattle route. The boat began operating on the Vashon route in April 2015, replacing two leased boats. [5]