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MV Coho
The M/V ''Coho'' is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line.〔(Coho ferry )〕 Black Ball's only ferry, ''Coho'' carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailers, bicycles, etc. between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, United States.
''Coho'' makes between two and four round trips from Port Angeles to Victoria daily, with each crossing taking about 90 minutes and covering . The peak summer season has the most trips per day and the winter season the fewest.
==Construction and design==
''Coho'' was designed by Philip F. Spaulding & Associates, of Seattle and is named after the coho salmon commonly found in the Pacific Northwest. ''Coho'' was the first large vessel built on the West Coast in 20 years solely with private financing. The vessel was built by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock in Seattle, Washington and made her first sailing to Victoria B.C. on 29 December 1959. She was originally powered by two Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines rated at each. In 2004 she was refitted with two V-12 Electro-Motive Division (EMD)12-645F7B diesels rated at each. ''Coho'' has twin stainless propellers with twin rudders. Her overall length is with a service speed of . The ship's vehicle clearance is with a carrying capacity of 110 vehicles and up to 1,000 passengers.
The design of ''Coho'' was the basis for that of BC Ferries' first two ships, the Sidney class ''Queen of Sidney'' and ''Queen of Tsawwassen''.,〔Bannerman, Gary, and Patricia Bannerman, ''The Ships of British Columbia'' (Surrey, BC: Hancock House, 1985), 54.〕 which developed into the V-class ferry.
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