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The MV ''Nisqually'' was a formerly operated by
- evergreenfleet.com On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The ''Nisqually'' was not in service at the time.
Washington State Ferries sold the ''Nisqually'' and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000. The ''Nisqually'' and ''Quinault'' were towed out of Eagle Harbor on August 7, 2009, arriving in
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals loca ...
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Originally built as the MV ''Mendocino'' in San Francisco for Northwestern Pacific Railroad, she started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.
San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
. She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company
The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, WA and Victoria, BC on the Coho.
History
In the past, th ...
in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound
Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma ...
where she was renamed the MV ''Nisqually'', later being acquired by Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals loca ...
who took over operations in 1951.The MV ''Nisqually''- evergreenfleet.com On November 20, 2007, the entire Steel Electric class was withdrawn from service due to hull corrosion issues. The ''Nisqually'' was not in service at the time.
Washington State Ferries sold the ''Nisqually'' and her sister ferries to Eco Planet Recycling, Inc. of Chula Vista, California for scrap. All four ferries were sold for $200,000. The ''Nisqually'' and ''Quinault'' were towed out of Eagle Harbor on August 7, 2009, arriving in Ensenada, Mexico
Ensenada is a city in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, situated on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Located on the BahÃa de Todos Santos, the city had a population of 279,765 in 2018, making it the third-largest city in Baja California. The ...
on August 16. Presumably, the ''Nisqually'' was cut up sometime between February and April 2011.
Incidents
One notable accident happened in July 1963 when the ''Nisqually'' was working on the Edmonds-Kingston route. It was heading to Edmonds when a tanker hit it. No one was hurt, but the ferry suffered major damage though. If the hull was not sponsoned out in 1958, the ferry would have sunk.References
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