MV Kaleetan

MV Kaleetan is a operated by Washington State Ferries.
The Kaleetan is named for a mountain peak northwest of Snoqualmie Pass. It can hold 144 vehicles, and 1868 passengers. It is in the third largest class of Washington State Ferries. It was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding in San Diego in 1967.
The Kaleetan went into service in early 1968 serving the Seattle-Bainbridge Island route. It was replaced by the in 1973 and moved north to the Anacortes-San Juan Islands route. It remained in the San Juans, until 1999, when it got a midlife upgrade.
Since its midlife overhaul, the Kaleetan has generally been assigned to the Seattle-Bremerton route, with periodic assignments in the San Juans when necessitated by maintenance schedules.