MV Illahee
The MV Illahee was a Steel Electric Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
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Seattle, WA |
| Ordered: | September 18, 1926 |
| Builder: | Moore Drydock Co., Oakland CA |
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| In service: | 1927 |
| Out of service: | November 20, 2007 |
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| Fate: | scrapped in 2009, Ensenada, MEX |
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| Class and type: | Steel Electric Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Length: | 256 ft 2 in (78 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 10 in (22.5 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 9 in (3.9 m) |
| Deck clearance: | 12 ft 7 in (3.8 m) |
| Installed power: | Total 2,896 hp from 2 x Diesel-Electric engines |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h) |
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Originally built as the MV Lake Tahoe in Oakland, California for the Southern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving on SP's Golden Gate Ferries subsidiary on San Francisco Bay. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and she was moved to Puget Sound and renamed the MV Illahee until Washington State Ferries acquired and took over operations in 1951.[2]
She was serving on the inter-island route in the San Juan Islands when the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service on November 20, 2007[3] due to hull corrosion issues.
In the summer of 2009, the Illahee and her sisters were sold to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California. In August, 2009 the ferry was towed out of Eagle Harbor and was scrapped in Ensenada, Mexico.[4]
Notes
- Vessel Information on the MV Illahee - WSDOT, WSF
- The MV Illahee - evergreenfleet.com
- Crucial Car Ferry Likely Out For A Year Or More Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, December 11, 2007
- The MV Illahee - evergreenfleet.com
References
- Kline, Mary S., and Bayless, G.A., Ferryboats -- A Legend on Puget Sound, Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4
