MV Kalama

History

Name:	MV Kalama
Owner:	WSDOT
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, Washington, United States
Completed:	1989
Out of service:	2009
Identification:	Official Number: D949139 Call Sign: WAA6310^[1]

Name:	Kalama
Operator:	Seagull Sea Transport (Zanzibar)^[2]
Port of registry:	Zanzibar (October 25, 2011–)^[2]
Route:	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania–Unguja Island, Zanzibar
Acquired:	c. 2011
In service:	c. 2011
Out of service:	July 26, 2012
General characteristics
Class and type:	Skagit/Kalama Class passenger ferry
Length:	112 ft (34.1 m)
Beam:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power:	Total 2,840 hp from 4 diesel engines
Capacity:	250 passengers^[3]

The MV Kalama was a Skagit/Kalama Class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF). The Sagit and Kalama were constructed in 1989 at Halter Marine in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[4] Along with the Skagit, she operated the Seattle-Vashon Island passenger-only service. In 2006 WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 the Kalama and Skagit were sold. The vessels were transported to Tanzania to provide service between the mainland and Zanzibar.^[5]

Kalama was ordered taken out of service by the Zanzibar government after the loss of Skagit in 2012.^[6]

References

↑ The Monohull ferries - M/V Kalama, evergreenfleet.com
1 2 "Zanzibar tightens marine safety", The Guardian, Tanzania: IPP Media, July 24, 2012, retrieved 2013-10-16
↑ Vessel information - M/V Kalama, WSF, WSDOT
↑ Drake, Shawn. "MV SKAGIT, Former U.S. Ferry Capsizes Off Tanzanian Coast". Maritime Matters. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
↑ Washington ferries destined for Tanzania, Washington State Department of Transportation, Friday, February 18, 2011. Accessed 18 February 2011.
↑ ISSA YUSSUF (27 July 2012), "Tanzania: From the Zanzibar House of Reps", Tanzania Daily News, retrieved 2013-10-16

Washington State Ferries

Routes

Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals

Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction) MV Suquamish (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Retired fleet

Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa

Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie

Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State

Skagit Kalama-class	MV Kalama MV Skagit

Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish

No Class	MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario MV Saksnonia MV Tyee MV Vashon SS San Mateo SS Shasta

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