Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Secretary David Moseley announced that repairs and sea trials have been completed on the Sealth and the vessel returned to service on Friday, Jan. 15. The Evergreen State will replace the Hiyu on the inter-island route early this evening.
“This service disruption was a hardship to our San Juan Islands customers for the past two weeks and I appreciate your patience. Thank you to our staff who worked hard to return the vessel to service prior to the holiday weekend,” said Moseley.
The Sealth experienced damage to the engine output shaft on Jan. 5 and has been out of service since then.
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