Jumbo Mark II Class ferry
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The Jumbo Mark II Class ferries
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
were built for Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries
Washington 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...
between 1997 and 1999, at Todd Pacific Shipyards
Todd Pacific Shipyards
Vigor Shipyards was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation through the merger of Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York, the Tietjen & Long Dry Dock Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company...
in Seattle. Each ferry can carry up to 2500 passengers and 202 vehicles, making them the largest ferries in the system, and are the second longest double-ended ferries in the world. They all have full galley service and a "quiet room" upstairs.
Ferries in this class include:
- Puyallup
- Tacoma
- Wenatchee