MV Klahowya
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The MV Klahowya was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". that was operated by Washington State Ferries. The vessel was named for a greeting in Chinook Jargon.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Klahowya served nearly all of her career on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run before being moved to the San Juans to replace her sister ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., which was to be retired. In early 2008, and again in August 2012, she did short stints on the Inter-Island run due to a vessel shortage. She was moved to the Inter-Island route on June 30, 2014,[1]Template:Better source needed and remained there until her retirement on January 10, 2017.[2]
On August 16, 2024, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced that the decommissioned Elwha and Klahowya would be sold for $100,000 each to Ecuadorian businessman Nelson Armas. The ferries would be scrapped and recycled in a "clean [and] green" facility in Ecuador after being towed from Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island.[2][3] The two vessels were towed out into Elliott Bay on August 19 to begin their 35-day trip to Ecuador, but a malfunction with the towing equipment caused the trip to be postponed; the Elwha and Klahowya returned to Eagle Harbor.[4][5] The crew on the tugboat were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 30 after their work visas had expired.[4] The sale of the two ferries was cancelled on September 5 after more issues with the tugboat and allegations of poor working conditions were disclosed; Armas forfeited the entire cost of the sale per the contract's terms.[6][7]
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