Skagit Kalama-class ferry

The Skagit / Kalama-class ferries were high-speed passenger vessels built for Washington State Ferries (WSF) in 1989. The MV Skagit and MV Kalama were the only ferries in this class.

Skagit / Kalama class

Class overview
Builders	Halter Marine, New Orleans, Louisiana[1]
Built	1989
In service	1989–present
Completed	2
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	passenger ferry
Length	112 feet (34 m)
Beam	25 feet (7.6 m)
Draft	8 feet (2.4 m)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)

After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the pair were loaned to San Francisco where they ferried passengers while the damaged San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was repaired.^[1] Later the pair served the Seattle–Vashon Island route.^[2]

Both vessels were permanently docked in 2009 after WSF was directed to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 they were sold for $400,000 and expected to be transported to Tanzania where they would provide service between the mainland and Zanzibar.^[2][3] On 18 July 2012, Skagit capsized and sank off the coast of Tanzania, near the island of Unguja. More than 250 people were believed to be on board at the time.