MV Walla Walla

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Walla Walla in Rich Passage 07.JPG
The MV Walla Walla in Rich Passage
History
NameWalla Walla
OwnerWSDOT
OperatorWashington State Ferries
Port of registrySeattle, Washington, US
RouteEdmonds-Kingston
BuilderTodd Shipyard, Seattle
Completed
  • 1972
  • Refurbished: 2005[1]
In service1972
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeJumbo-class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage
  • 3,246 GT
  • 1,198 NT
Displacement4,860 long tons (4,940 t)
Length440 ft (134 m)
Beam87 ft (27 m)
Draft18 ft (5 m)
Decks4
Deck clearance15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Installed powerTotal 11,500 hp (8,600 kW) from 4 x diesel-electric engines
Propulsiondiesel electric (DC)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity
  • 2,000 passengers
  • 188 vehicles (max 60 commercial)[2]
The MV Walla Walla, underway from Edmonds to Kingston

The MV Walla Walla (Motor Vessel Walla Walla) is a Jumbo-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

History[]

The Walla Walla was originally assigned to the San Juan Islands, however in its first year of service it was reassigned to the Seattle-Bainbridge route for which ridership better aligned with the high capacity of the Jumbo-class vessels.

After being replaced on the Seattle–Winslow route by a Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry, the ship began serving as a fill-in vessel for whenever one of the larger ferries goes into scheduled maintenance periods; usually she can be found on either the Seattle–Bremerton or Edmonds–Kingston routes.[1] Occasionally the Walla Walla will still end up filling in on the Seattle–Bainbridge Island run where it spent its early years. In late July 2014, the Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry, MV Wenatchee sailed to Vancouver, British Columbia for repairs. Since Washington State Ferries had no large backup vessels, the Walla Walla once again found herself on her old run, the Seattle–Winslow route. As a result, she was the other vessel on the route on the day the MV Tacoma suffered her massive electrical failure.

November 2012 incident[]

In early November 2012, during routine maintenance, one of the ship's four drive motors was damaged and failed after it overheated. The ferry was removed from service while a replacement was installed. WSDOT announced that if the damaged motor could be replaced with a spare already in its warehouse, the ferry could be back into service within several months.[3][4] The spare motor was refurbished by General Electric in Los Angeles and then installed at Vigor Shipyards.[5] The Walla Walla returned to service in April 2013.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c The Walla Walla, evergreenfleet.com
  2. ^ MV Walla Walla vessel info from WSDOT
  3. ^ Walla Walla ferry out of service indefinitely – Seattle Times, retrieved November 9, 2012
  4. ^ Electrical Accident Puts Walla Walla Ferry Out Of Service – KGMI, retrieved November 12, 2012
  5. ^ a b Frame, Susannah (March 11, 2013). "Report: Human error was cause of ferry maintenance accident". King5.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.

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