Keystone Ferry

This new Washington State ferry will serve the Keystone-Port Townsend route, negotiating the occasionally rough waters of Admiralty Inlet—the corner where the Strait of Juan de Fuca turns into Puget Sound. Nichols Brothers is building the aluminum superstructure; Todd Pacific Shipyards is completing the steel hull.

Quick glance:

LOA - 274 ft/83.5 m
Beam - 64 ft/19.5 m
Draft - 11 ft/3.4 m
Passenger capacity - 750
Vehicle capacity - 64 cars
Propulsion - 2 x 3000BHP diesel
Operational speed - 15.5 kt/29 kmph

Client - Washington State Ferries
Partner - Todd Pacific Shipyards
Anticipated delivery - June 2010