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Skagit/Kalama Class ferries were high-speed passenger vessels built for
Washington State FerriesWashington State Ferries is a passenger and automobile ferry service owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation that serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. It is the most used ferry system in the world and the largest passenger and automobile...
(WSF) in 1989. The
Skagit and
Kalama were the only ferries in this class. Both vessels were permanently docked after WSF was directed in 2006 to end its passenger-only service, and in 2011 they were sold and expected to be transported to
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where they would provide service between the mainland and
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