MV Olympic
Olympic beached off Ketron Island, 2024 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Governor Harry W. Nice |
| Operator | Claiborne–Annapolis Ferry Company |
| Route | Chesapeake Bay |
| Builder | Maryland Drydock Company |
| Launched | December 11, 1937 |
| In service | 1938 |
| Name | Olympic |
| Owner | Washington State Department of Transportation |
| Route | Various Puget Sound routes |
| Acquired | 1951 |
| In service | 1954 |
| Out of service | 1993 |
| Status | Abandoned off Ketron Island |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auto/passenger ferry |
| Length | 206 ft (63 m) |
| Capacity | About 600 passengers, 50 cars |
MV Olympic (also known as Olympic II) is a former automobile ferry that operated in Maryland and Washington state. Originally named the MV Gov. Harry W. Nice, it was built for the Claiborne–Annapolis Ferry Company on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and operated there from 1937 to 1952. The ferry was then sold to the Washington State Ferries system and rechristened as the Olympic, named for the Olympic Mountains, and served various route until 1993. Olympic was sold in 1997 and has been beached on Ketron Island since 2010.