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MV Kaleetan
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image |
| image | Kaleetan coming into dock at Bremerton - July 2025.jpg |
| image_caption | Kaleetan in Bremerton in 2025 |
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career |
| name | Kaleetan |
| owner | WSDOT |
| operator | Washington State Ferries |
| registry | Seattle, Washington |
| builder | National Steel and Ship Building (San Diego) |
| launched | March 12, 1967 |
| completed | 1967 |
| acquired | December 24, 1967 |
| in_service | January 8, 1968 |
| identification | * |
| status | Operational |
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics |
| class | auto/passenger ferry |
| tonnage | * |
| displacement | 3634 LT |
| length | 382 ft |
| beam | 73 ft |
| draft | 18 ft |
| decks | 2 car decks |
| deck_clearance | 14 ft |
| ramps | 4 |
| power | Total 8,000 hp from 4 x diesel-electric engines |
| propulsion | 4 diesel-electric engines |
| speed | 17 kn |
| capacity | *1,195 passengers |
| crew | 14 |
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Callsign: WY2512
2 passenger decks (One with a Sun Deck Promenade)
- 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial)
- Originally 2,500 passengers; 160 vehicles '*MV *Kaleetan''''' is a operated by Washington State Ferries.
The Kaleetan (meaning arrow in Chinook) is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. It can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers. It is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. It was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.
The Kaleetan went into service in early 1968 serving the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route. It was replaced by the in 1973 and moved north to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. It remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when it got a midlife upgrade.
Since its midlife overhaul, the Kaleetan has generally been assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.
References
References
- "WSDOT - Ferries - M/V Kaleetan".
- Pickens, Steven J. "The M/V Kaleetan".
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