MV Napa

Career
Name:	MV Napa
Owner:	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
Operator:	Golden Gate Ferry
Port of registry:	Larkspur, California, United States
Completed:	1999
Acquired:	2009
Identification:	Official Number: D1084026 Call Sign: WCZ4837
General characteristics
Length:	143 ft 3 in (43.7 m)
Beam:	39 ft 4 in (12.0 m)
Draft:	5 ft (1.5 m).
Installed power:	Total 7,200 hp from 4 diesel engines
Propulsion:	Waterjet
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Capacity:	350 passengers
Notes:	Previously M/V Snohomish

The M/V Napa (previously the M/V Snohomish) is a passenger-only fast ferry operated by Golden Gate Ferries.

The vessel is named after Napa County, one of the member counties of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. The Napa was purchased from Washington State Ferries (along with the M/V Chinook) and will enter service with Golden Gate Transit after a refit. The Napa entered service as a substitute for the M/V Del Norte when that vessel began undergoing an engine replacement in June 2009. After the M/V Chinook returns from its refit, the Napa will go in for a full refitting.

Previously, as the Snohomish, she was mothballed for years at the WSF Shipyard at Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island. Washington State Ferries announced that she would be returned to service in November, 2007 to replace the Klickitat on the Keystone-Port Townsend run.