Front:
121 MOTOR FERRY "KALAKALA", WORLD'S FIRST STREAMLINED VESSEL
KALA KALA
IN SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND BREMERTON, WASH. ON PUGET SOUND
5 A-HI519
Back:
MOTOR FERRY KALAKALA
(Kah-Lock-ah-lah, Chinook for Flying Bird)
is the world's first completely Streamlined
Motor Ferry. The hull is divided into twenty-
five water-tight compartiments, making it
virtually unsinkable, length over all 276 feet,
beam over all 55,8 feet, passenger capacity
2000, automobile capacity 110, has 5 decks,
horsepower main engine 3000, cruising speed
18 knots. The Kalakala is designed primarily
to meet the needs of steadily increasing
passenger and automobile traffic on Beautiful
Puget Sound.