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in California, United States. The vessel is named after Napa County, one of the member counties of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. ''Napa'' was purchased from Washington State Ferries (along with ) and will enter service with Golden Gate Transit after a refit.MV Napa Arrives
Golden Gate Transportation District The ''Napa'' entered service as a substitute for when that vessel began undergoing an engine replacement in June 2009. After ''Chinook'' returned from its refit, ''Napa'' went in for a full refitting. Previously, as ''Snohomish'', she was mothballed for years at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island. Washington State Ferries

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that she was returned to service in November 2007 to replace on the Keystone-

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run.

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