MV Finest
MV Finest pierside in Kingston, Washington
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History | |
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Owner | Port Imperial Ferry Corp. |
Route | Manhattan–Port Imperial, New Jersey |
Builder | Derecktor Shipyards |
Completed | 1996 |
Identification | MMSI 366990580,IMO number: 9132076 |
Owner | Kitsap Transit |
Port of registry | Bremerton, Washington, United States |
Route | Seattle–Port of Kingston, Kitsap County |
Acquired | October 2018 |
Refit | March–October 2018, Nichols Brothers shipyard, Whidbey Island, $5 million |
Status | Started commuter service November 26, 2018 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Catamaran high-speed craft (fast ferry) |
Tonnage | 408 GT[2] |
Length | 38 m (124 ft 8 in)[2] |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in)[2] |
Height | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 2 × MTU 16V398 TE74 L marine diesel engines,[1]: 4–1 4,000 kW (5,400 hp) total[5] |
Propulsion | Water jet drive[1]: 1–3 |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)[4] |
Capacity | 350 passengers[3] and 16 bicycles |
Notes | Vessel data via US Coast Guard Vessel Information Service unless noted |
MV Finest is an aluminum-hulled[6] catamaran fast passenger ferry built at Derecktor Shipyards in 1996. She is owned and operated by Kitsap Transit on a Seattle–Kingston route since 2018. Finest is a former NY Waterway vessel and at one point provided service from the Massachusetts mainland to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.[7]
9/11 maritime evacuation[]
While in service on the Hudson River, Finest participated in the maritime evacuation of Lower Manhattan after the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.[3][8] According to her captain, she was the second vessel to arrive at Manhattan to transfer injured people off the island.[9]
Puget Sound service[]
After her purchase by Kitsap Transit, she was moved through the Panama Canal in February 2018, on the back of another vessel, then overhauled in Washington State for more than $7.5 million.[3][4]
In early November 2018, Kitsap Transit announced that Finest would begin Kitsap Fast Ferries passenger service on November 26 that year.[10] The state governor visited the ship and terminal at Kingston while attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 19 in advance of scheduled service.[11][12]
References[]
- ^ a b Invitation for bids: M/V Finest refurbishment (PDF), Kitsap Transit, December 8, 2017, KT 17-591
- ^ a b c Vesselfinder
- ^ a b c Vosler, Christian (February 2, 2018), Foot ferry, which will work Kingston-Seattle route, begins journey to Kitsap: The M/V Finest will journey through the Panama Canal to get to Puget Sound., Seattle: KING-TV
- ^ a b Vosler, Christian (October 19, 2018), "Kitsap Transit takes delivery of M/V Finest", Kitsap Sun
- ^ Engine specifications, MTU, accessed 2018-11-02
- ^ MV Finest Coast Guard Vessel Documentation via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology – retrieved November 1, 2018
- ^ Kate Stone Lombardi (August 16, 1998), "Shipyard To Launch Its Biggest Vessel Ever", The New York Times
- ^ 9/11 maritime response Portside New York
- ^ ""We stopped counting:" Former captain of Kingston's newest ferry recalls evacuating thousands on 9/11", Kitsap Daily News, Poulsbo, Washington, August 16, 2018
- ^ David Gutman (November 7, 2018), "Kitsap Transit launching Kingston-to-Seattle fast ferry service after Thanksgiving", The Seattle Times
- ^ "Governor Inslee on Facebook", Official website, Office of the Governor of the State of Washington, November 19, 2018, retrieved 2018-11-19
- ^ Kitsap Transit launches Fast Ferry service from Kingston to Seattle, Tacoma: KCPQ television news, retrieved 2018-11-19
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finest (ship, 1996). |
- Kitsap Transit fast ferry program official website
- Kitsap Sun Bremerton Beat Blast: Previewing Kingston's new fast ferry Christian Vosler October 30, 2018 (video)
- MV Finest drone footage on YouTube, October 2018
- 1996 ships
- Ferries of Washington (state)
- High-speed craft