MV ''Napa'' (1999 – present, previously MV ''Snohomish'') is a passenger-only fast ferry operated by

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in the northern

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, United States. The vessel is named after Napa County, one of the member counties of the

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. ''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,

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. 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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