1972 ❖ LAUNCH OF THE M.V. SPOKANE ❖

 

Invite to the launch ceremony from 
Todd Shipyards Corporation
for this day of 
14 April 1972.
She had her maiden voyage from 
Colman Dock, one day before,
 according to WSF.
Ephemera from the archives of 
the Saltwater People Historical Society©

M.V. SPOKANE
Launched 1972.
Her sponsor was Carol Stearns,
the Spokane tribal queen. 
Rebuilt in 2004.
Photo from the archives of the 
Saltwater People Historical Society©

Jumbo Class

440' x 87' x 16'

Builder: Vigor Shipyards at Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, WA.

Capacity: 2,000 passengers, 206 vehicles

Decks: 4

Port of registry: Seattle, WA.

Rebuilt in 2004.

Meaning of her name SPOKANE: Eastern Washington Native American tribe; "children of the sun or sun people."

Engines: 4

Horsepower: 11,500

Speed in knots, 18

Propulsion: Diesel-Electric

Displacement (Weight in long tons): 4,859

Source of vessel data: Washington State Department of Transportation.

Two hundred people were at the ceremony, including Carl R. Meurk, the Todd Shipyard general manager. Immediately after the launching of the Spokane, the keel for another 400-foot ferry, the Walla Walla, was laid.