MV Governor

MV Governor travelling to Woods Hole, Massachusetts on 10 August 2014.
History
Name:	1954-1970: MV Crown City 1970-1982: MV Kulshan 1982-Present: MV Governor
Owner:	1954-1970: San Diego and Coronado Ferry Company 1970-1982: Washington State Ferries 1982-26 July 1997: United States Coast Guard 1997-Present: Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority
Route:	Clinton-Mukilteo (as MV Kulshan)
Builder:	Oakland, California
Yard number:	267527
Christened:	1970
Completed:	1954
In service:	1954
Status:	In service
Notes:	(As Kulshan): Official Number: 267527 Call Sign: WF6787 Name Translation: From the Lummi/Nooksack language - Great White Watcher; the native name for Mount Baker
General characteristics
Tonnage:	678
Length:	242 ft 1.5 in (74 m)
Beam:	65 ft 1.5 in (19.9 m)
Draft:	12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Deck clearance:	16 ft 0 in (4.9 m)
Installed power:	Total 1,200 hp from 2 x Diesel-Electric engines
Speed:	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Capacity:	350 passengers 59 vehicles (max 24 commercial)

The MV Governor is a passenger ferry that operates in Massachusetts. She was formerly the MV Crown City between 1954 and 1970, and the MV Kulshan between 1970 and 1982.

Currently operated by the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (SSA), she was built in 1954 to operate the ferry service from San Diego to Coronado, California. After the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was built, spanning her original route, she was sold to Washington State Ferries where she was christened the MV Kulshan and served in Puget Sound waters from 1970 to 1982. Along with the distinction of being the most despised ferry in the WSF fleet, the Kulshan was featured as the ferry ridden by Lisa Blount and Debra Winger in the 1982 film, An Officer and a Gentleman.

After her stint with the Washington State Ferries system, the Kulshan was declared surplus to requirements and sold to the United States Coast Guard to provide service for their large Atlantic Area headquarters base on Governors Island in New York Harbor, an island community and workplace for 5000 people. The ferry was towed south and through the Panama Canal in making its way to the east coast. Once in New York City, the ferry was renamed Governor and as part of a fleet of two other ferries, the Samuel L. Coursen and the Minue, shuttled passengers and vehicles from the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan to Governors Island.