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Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and operates 10 routes serving 20 terminals within Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. The routes are designated as part of the state highway system. WSF maintains a fleet of ...
In the early 2000s, Washington State Ferries began planning a replacement for their aging Steel Electric-class ferries, which were built in 1927 and were their oldest ferries. They were the only vessels in the fleet that were able to run on the Port Townsend-Keystone route as no other vessel could be used in the small, shallow Keystone Harbor ...
Washington State Ferries, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. It is the largest fleet of passenger and automobile ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world.
The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF) and the oldest ferry operating in the WSF system.. The Tillikum entered service in April 1959 for the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route. [3]
“Under this approach, WSF could achieve delivery of two vessels in 2028, two in 2029, and the final one in 2030 (subject to final bid prices and available funding).
MV Issaquah is an Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries. The ferry spent her early years on the Seattle/Bremerton route, then shifted around the ...
The budget also included $368 million for vessel improvements, preservation and maintenance, which would help Washington State Ferries upkeep the vessels already at work in its fleet, Nance said.
The passenger-only ferry service, approved by voters in 2016, was preceded by one operated by Washington State Ferries between 1986 and 2003. This state-run system ceased operations after a class-action lawsuit forced its vessels to slow down when traveling through Rich Passage to reduce wake damage. Kitsap Transit briefly operated its own ...