EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Washington’s newest ferry left the Everett shipyard where it was outfitted and started its engines Tuesday on Puget Sound for the first time.
Tom Perrine of Todd Shipyards in Seattle where it was built told The Daily Herald of Everett it’s a big moment to see the vessel under its own power.
After testing, the Washington state ferry system plans to put the 64-car ferry into service at the end of August on the run between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend.
The $77 million ferry Chetzemoka (chet-za-moh-kah) is named after a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal chief known as a peacemaker and friend to early settlers.
