Sold! Washington State Ferries unloads the Elwha for $100K to Everett buyer
Washington State Ferries completed the sale of the Elwha on Thursday, four months after a deal with a different buyer sank.
Everett Ship Repair bought the retired passenger ferry for $100,000 and had it tugged to its shipyard Thursday morning from the state’s Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility on Bainbridge Island. The plan is to convert the ferry into a floating office and warehouse space, according to Washington State Ferries.
“We’re excited to see one of our ferries with so much history and memories for millions of passengers is being repurposed locally,” Steve Nevey, assistant secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation in charge of ferries, said in a statement. “I’m confident it’s in good hands with a local shipyard.”
The Elwha, with capacity for 144 cars, was one of four Super-class ferries built in the mid-1960s. It primarily operated on the route between Anacortes, Friday Harbor and Sidney, British Columbia before being retired on April 8, 2020. Two Super-class ferries, Kaleetan and Yakima, are still in service.
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