Ferryboat Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa at Pier 3 in San Francisco, California in 2008
History
Name	Santa Rosa (1927–1940) MV Enetai (1940–1989) Ferryboat Santa Rosa (1989–)
Owner	Golden Gate Ferries (1927–1940) Puget Sound Navigation Company (1940–1951) WSDOT (1951–1968) Donald Clair (1968–1989) Hornblower Cruises & Events (1989–)
Builder	General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Yard number	6
Completed	June 1927
In service	1927
Out of service	1968
Refit	1941
Refit	1989
Identification	Official Number: 226599 Call Sign: WA4715[1]
Status	serves as banquet facility and office space
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Steel Electric-class ferry
Tonnage	2,465 GRT
Length	256 ft (78 m)
Beam	46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Propulsion	2 × Diesel-Electric engines, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	616 passengers 59 vehicles
General characteristics (after 1941 refit)
Type	single ended auto/passenger ferry
Beam	66 ft (20.1 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Deck clearance	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × direct-drive Busch-Sulzer diesel, 2,800 hp (2,100 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity	1,500 passengers 90 vehicles[1]
General characteristics (after 1989 refit)
Notes	restored to original 1927 external appearance, deck converted to banquet facility and offices
Capacity	500 passengers[2][failed verification]
MV Santa Rosa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Pier 3, San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′54″N 122°23′43″W / 37.79833°N 122.39528°W / 37.79833; -122.39528Coordinates: 37°47′54″N 122°23′43″W / 37.79833°N 122.39528°W / 37.79833; -122.39528
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Architectural style	ferryboat
NRHP reference No.	79000469[3]
Added to NRHP	29 May 1979

Santa Rosa was a Steel Electric-class ferry built in Alameda, California, for Northwestern Pacific Railroad. She started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay.

She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound. Puget Sound Navigation Company, believing that a single ended ferry would be more economical and faster, replaced her engines and converted her to a single-ended ferry, effectively making her no longer a true Steel Electric-class ferry. She was also renamed MV Enetai, which is the name she kept when she was later acquired by Washington State Ferries who took over operations in 1951.^[1] The ferry was returned to San Francisco after her sale in 1968, but sat largely unused until purchased by Hornblower Cruises in 1989. Hornblower restored her aft wheelhouse in an attempt to make her look like her original profile from 1927, however the passenger cabin retained the remodeled outline from her 1941 single-end conversion.^{[4][failed verification]} She is currently moored at Pier 3 in San Francisco, where she serves as office space for Hornblower's Northern California Operations and also as Corporate Headquarters for Hornblower's suite of companies which include:

• Hornblower Cruises & Events
• Alcatraz Cruises
• Statue Cruises
• Niagara Cruises
• Liberty Landing Ferry
• Hornblower Classic Cable Cars
• NYC Ferry Service

The Ferryboat Santa Rosa has since been retired from rental events.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• National Register of Historic Places Inventory—nomination form / MV Santa Rosa with the National Park Service (pdf)
  • Accompanying photos to nomination form with the National Park Service (pdf)

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