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| Ship caption = MV Golden Gate on SF Bay
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| Ship name = MV ''Golden Gate''
| Ship owner = [[Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District]]
| Ship operator = [[Golden Gate Ferry]]
| Ship registry = [[Larkspur, California]], {{flag|United States}}
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| Ship completed = 1999
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| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|9183207}}
*{{MMSI Number|366778450}}
*Official Number: D1063252
*[[Maritime call sign|Call Sign]]: WCY2726<ref name="evergreen">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/poff.html Passenger only fast fleet], evergreenfleet.com</ref>
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| Ship status = In service
| Ship notes = Previously MV ''Chinook''
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| Ship type = Catamaran, passenger-only ferry
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| Ship power = Total 7,200 hp from 4 diesel engines
| Ship propulsion = [[Pump-jet|Waterjet]]
| Ship speed = {{convert|38|kn|km/h|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship capacity = 350 passengers<ref name="vessel info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=95 Vessel information - M/V ''Chinook''], WSF, WSDOT</ref>
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'''MV ''Golden Gate''''' (previously '''MV ''Chinook''''') is a [[Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class ferry|passenger-only fast ferry]] operated by [[Golden Gate Ferries]].

The vessel is the second passenger ferry to hold the name and was purchased from [[Washington State Ferries]] by the [[Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District]] (along with {{MV|Snohomish}}) and entered service with Golden Gate Transit in May 2011 after a complete refit that began in late 2009.<ref name="MV Napa Arrives">[http://goldengate.org/news/ferry/mvnapa_arrival.php MV Napa Arrives], Golden Gate Transportation District</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2009-01-21 |title=State sells ferries Chinook and Snohomish |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/state-sells-ferries-chinook-and-snohomish/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1999 the vessel was built to offer 30 minute ferry service from Bremerton to Seattle, a few years later service ended because of beach possible erosion along Puget sound's [[Rich Passage]].
As the ''Chinook'', the ferry had previously been [[reserve fleet|mothball]]ed at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, [[Bainbridge Island]] for four years when she was placed on eBay for auction on February 20, 2008, with an asking price of $4.5 million (USD).<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004184691_webchinook15m.html?syndication=rss The state ferry ''Chinook'' is for sale on eBay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524084931/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004184691_webchinook15m.html?syndication=rss |date=2011-05-24 }}, ''Seattle Times'', retrieved February 15, 2008</ref>

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{{San Francisco Bay Area Public Transit}}

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[[Category:Ferries of California]]
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