The Tacoma and its sister ship, the MV Wenatchee, suffered from excessive vibration during their early period of operation, until it was repaired during routine maintenance in 1999. The issue was addressed in the final Jumbo Mark II ferry, the MV Puyallup, before it launched.[1]
Electrical failureedit
On July 29, 2014, the vessel suffered a catastrophic electrical failure, in which most of the ship's electrical system was destroyed. The Tacoma lost power in Bainbridge Island's Eagle Harbor and dropped anchor to prevent her from beaching making it the "second time in 40 years that a state ferry was forced to drop anchor."[2] The MV Sealth, which was serving the Seattle-Bremerton route at the time, made a detour up to Eagle Harbor to tow the Tacoma away from shore until tugboats could guide her back to the slip. The Tacoma remained out of service for nearly nine months while repairs were made. After four weeks of sea trials and approval from the United States Coast Guard, the Tacoma returned to service on the Seattle-Bainbridge route on March 28, 2015.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abNalder, Eric (March 5, 1999). "Giant New Ferries Experience Bad Vibrations -- $52,000 Per Ship To Remove Shaking 'As Bad As The Old Kalakala'". The Seattle Times.
^Kelly, Brian (August 1, 2014). "UPDATE: Dead in the water: Ferry Tacoma strands hundreds due to power loss during sailing". The Bainbridge Island Review.
^"The jumbo ferry MV Tacoma returns to work". Seattle Times. April 3, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
External linksedit
Media related to IMO 9133977 at Wikimedia Commons
MV Tacoma vessel info from WSDOT
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tacoma, jumbo, mark, class, ferry, operated, washington, state, ferries, launched, 1997, first, class, washington, state, ferries, fleet, since, delivery, tacoma, almost, exclusively, been, assigned, busy, seattle, bainbridge, island, route, approaching, bainb. The MV Tacoma is a Jumbo Mark II class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries Launched in 1997 it was the first in its class in the Washington State Ferries fleet Since delivery the Tacoma has almost exclusively been assigned to the busy Seattle Bainbridge Island route MV Tacoma approaching BainbridgeHistory NameTacoma OwnerWashington State Department of Transportation OperatorWashington State Ferries Port of registrySeattle Washington RouteSeattle Bainbridge Island BuilderTodd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Washington Cost 80 million 1 LaunchedAugust 29 1996 AcquiredAugust 18 1997 Maiden voyageOctober 17 1997 In serviceOctober 17 1997 IdentificationIMO number 9133977 MMSI number 366772760 Callsign WCX9244 StatusIn service NotesOut of service between July 29 2014 and March 27 2015 due to catastrophic failure of electrical system General characteristics Class and typeJumbo Mark II class auto passenger ferry Length460 ft 2 in 140 3 m Beam90 ft 27 4 m Draft17 ft 3 in 5 3 m Deck clearance15 ft 6 in 4 7 m Installed powerTotal 16 000 hp 12 000 kW from 4 x EMD 16 710G Diesel Electric engines Speed18 knots 33 km h 21 mph Capacity2 500 passengers 202 vehicles max 60 commercial The Tacoma and its sister ship the MV Wenatchee suffered from excessive vibration during their early period of operation until it was repaired during routine maintenance in 1999 The issue was addressed in the final Jumbo Mark II ferry the MV Puyallup before it launched 1 Electrical failure editOn July 29 2014 the vessel suffered a catastrophic electrical failure in which most of the ship s electrical system was destroyed The Tacoma lost power in Bainbridge Island s Eagle Harbor and dropped anchor to prevent her from beaching making it the second time in 40 years that a state ferry was forced to drop anchor 2 The MV Sealth which was serving the Seattle Bremerton route at the time made a detour up to Eagle Harbor to tow the Tacoma away from shore until tugboats could guide her back to the slip The Tacoma remained out of service for nearly nine months while repairs were made After four weeks of sea trials and approval from the United States Coast Guard the Tacoma returned to service on the Seattle Bainbridge route on March 28 2015 3 References edit a b Nalder Eric March 5 1999 Giant New Ferries Experience Bad Vibrations 52 000 Per Ship To Remove Shaking As Bad As The Old Kalakala The Seattle Times Kelly Brian August 1 2014 UPDATE Dead in the water Ferry Tacoma strands hundreds due to power loss during sailing The Bainbridge Island Review The jumbo ferry MV Tacoma returns to work Seattle Times April 3 2015 Retrieved August 16 2016 External links edit nbsp Media related to IMO 9133977 at Wikimedia Commons MV Tacoma vessel info from WSDOT nbsp This ferry article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MV Tacoma amp oldid 1071070439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
