Posted by: John (jcr98155@aol.com) on 6/01/1997@21:20hrs:

In Reply to: Re: Seek Info on Staten Island Ferry posted by: George on 5/28/1997@00:57hrs:

This vessel is actually named "Str. MARY MURRAY".

An interesting note about this vessel, and her sisters MISS NEW YORK and GOLD STAR MOTHER:

Back in the mid 1930s the Puget Sound Navigation Company bought a burned hulk of a Key Route San Francisco Bay ferry and transformed her as the World's first streamlined ferry KALAKALA. This may have inspired New York ferry officials to give the MISS NEW YORK-Class a streamlined design. KALAKALA has a web page:

http://www.kalakala.org

For information on current ferries on Puget Sound, see:

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries

For information on WSF newbuildings, with great photos, see:

http://www.kitsap.net/tour/wsf

John, Seattle

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