Ferryboat Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa was a Steel Electric-class ferry built in Alameda, California, for Northwestern Pacific Railroad. She started out serving Southern Pacific Railways on their Golden Gate Ferries line on San Francisco Bay.

Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa at Pier 3 in San Francisco, California in 2008
History
Name
  • Santa Rosa (1927–1940)
  • MV Enetai (1940–1989)
  • Ferryboat Santa Rosa (1989–)
Owner
BuilderGeneral Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Yard number6
CompletedJune 1927
In service1927
Out of service1968
Refit1941
Refit1989
Identification
  • Official Number: 226599
  • Call Sign: WA4715[1]
Statusserves as banquet facility and office space
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeSteel Electric-class ferry
Tonnage2,465 GRT
Length256 ft (78 m)
Beam46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)
Propulsion2 × Diesel-Electric engines, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity
  • 616 passengers
  • 59 vehicles
General characteristics (after 1941 refit)
Typesingle ended auto/passenger ferry
Beam66 ft (20.1 m)
Draft12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Deck clearance12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion1 × direct-drive Busch-Sulzer diesel, 2,800 hp (2,100 kW)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,500 passengers
  • 90 vehicles[1]
General characteristics (after 1989 refit)
Notesrestored to original 1927 external appearance, deck converted to banquet facility and offices
Capacity500 passengers[2]
MV Santa Rosa
Ferryboat Santa Rosa is located in California
Ferryboat Santa Rosa
LocationPier 3, San Francisco, California
Coordinates37°47′54″N 122°23′43″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Architectural styleferryboat
NRHP reference No.79000469[3]
Added to NRHP29 May 1979

She was purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1940, and moved to Puget Sound. Puget Sound Navigation Company, believing that a single ended ferry would be more economical and faster, replaced her engines and converted her to a single-ended ferry, effectively making her no longer a true Steel Electric-class ferry. She was also renamed MV Enetai, which is the name she kept when she was later acquired by Washington State Ferries who took over operations in 1951.[1] The ferry was returned to San Francisco after her sale in 1968, but sat largely unused until purchased by Hornblower Cruises in 1989. Hornblower restored her aft wheelhouse in an attempt to make her look like her original profile from 1927, however the passenger cabin retained the remodeled outline from her 1941 single-end conversion.[4] She is currently moored at Pier 3 in San Francisco, where she serves as office space for Hornblower's Northern California Operations and also as Corporate Headquarters for Hornblower's suite of companies which include:

  • Hornblower Cruises & Events
  • Alcatraz Cruises
  • Statue Cruises
  • Niagara Cruises
  • Liberty Landing Ferry
  • Hornblower Classic Cable Cars
  • NYC Ferry Service

The Ferryboat Santa Rosa has since been retired from rental events.[2]

References

  1. "The Enetai: A Graceful Retirement". evergreenfleet.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  2. "Our Fleet". Hornblower Cruises & Events. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. "About Hornblower Cruises & Events". Hornblower Cruises & Events. Archived from the original on 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-17.


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