MV Coho (1959)

The MV Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Black Ball Line between Victoria and Port Angeles in Washington State. The Black Ball Line's only ferry, the MV Coho makes up to four round-trips from Port Angeles to Victoria every day, covering the 37 kilometre (20 nautical mile) distance in 90 minutes. 

Named after the coho salmon found in the Pacific Northwest, the MV Coho was built by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock in Seattle and made her maiden voyage to Victoria on 29 December 1959. Powered by two 2,550 horsepower diesel engines, MV Coho is 341.5 feet in length with a service speed of 15 knots (28 km/h), and can carry 110 vehicles and up to 1,000 passengers. 

 Of note, Millennium Bomber and Canadian resident Ahmed Ressam was arrested by US border authorities after arriving in Port Angeles aboard MV Coho on 14 December 1999; the home-made explosives and timing devices found in his car were part of a foiled plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999.

Photo taken 20 October 2018. MV Coho is backing away from the ferry terminal in Victoria's Inner Harbour for the run to Port Angeles.

Photo taken 20 October 2018