Jumbo Mark-II-class ferry

Class overview
Builders: Todd Pacific Shipyards
Operators: Washington State Ferries
Preceded by: Jumbo class ferry
Built: 1997-1999
In service: 1997-present
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage: 4936 tons
Displacement: 5398 tons
Length: 460 ft 2 in (140.3 m)
Beam: 90 ft (27.4 m)
Draft: 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Decks: 2 auto decks/1 passenger deck/1 sun deck w/"quiet room" at each end
Deck clearance: 15 ft 4 in (4.7 m)
Installed power: Total of 13,200 hp from 4 x EMD 16-710 Diesel-Electric engines
Speed: 18-knot (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity:
  • 2500 passengers
  • 202 vehicles (max 60 commercial)

The Jumbo Mark II Class ferries were built for Washington State Ferries between 1997 and 1999, at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. Each ferry can carry up to 2500 passengers and 202 vehicles, making them the largest ferries in the fleet, and the second longest double-ended ferries in the world.[1] They all have full galley service and a "quiet room" upstairs.

Ferries in this class include:

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