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The MV ''Samish'' is the second vessel of the Olympic Class auto ferries built by Vigor Industrial for the Washington State Ferries system.〔()〕 Funding for a second Olympic class was authorized in the Spring 2012 session of the Washington State Legislature and the keel laying and first weld took place on March 8, 2013. The name Samish was decided by the Washington State Transportation Commission on November 13, 2012 (the same day of the naming of the ) after a public outreach process. The vessel is named after a Coast Salish tribe whose name means “giving people”.〔()〕 On December 21, 2013, the ship's superstructure was rolled out from Nichols Brothers Boat Builders and sent to Seattle on December 23 to be joined with the superstructure already under construction. The Samish was accepted by Washington State Ferries on April 10, 2015 and was officially christened on May 20 in Anacortes. The ship underwent two months of sea trials and crew training before entering service on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route at the start of the Summer 2015 sailing season on June 14. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Samish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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