1983 ❖ SUPER CLASS FERRY KALEETAN ❖

KALEETAN
Port of Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA.
Date stamp of July 1983
Launched 12 March 1967
In service 8 January 1968
382' 2" 
Installed power 8,000 HP from 4 x diesel-electric engines.
Average speed 15.7 knots.
Builder: National Steel & Ship Building of San Diego, CA.
Photo by Tom Stilz for the WA State Division of Tourism.
Original photo from the archives of the Saltwater People Historical Society©

The Washington State ferry KALEETAN, named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass, is still in active service (2018) in the largest ferry fleet in the US. In this scene, she was on the Anacortes-San Juan Island route, making one of her daily dockings at the county seat of Friday Harbor, a popular summer vacation spot, and yachting mecca.
      
2015: The KALEETAN received 5,300 gallons of white and green paint at the Puglia-Fairhaven Shipyard in Fairhaven, WA. They ran three crews seven days per week for the 90-day project. For more on this project, here is a LINK