Kalakala - the world's first completely Streamlined Motor Ferry

 


( Kah- lock-ah-lah, Chinook for Flying Bird) is the world's first completely Streamlined Motor Ferry. The hull is divided into twenty-five water-tight compartments, making it virtually unsinkable. Length over all 276 feet; beam over all 55.8 feet; passenger capacity 2000; automobile capacity 110; has 5 decks; horsepower main engine 3000; cruising speed 18 knots. The Kalakala is designed primarily to meet the needs of steadily increasing passenger and automobile traffic on beautiful Puget Sound.