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Boeing Marine Systems, Renton WA

Most recent update: January 18, 2009.


Boeing saw a market in fast ferries before most companies and grabbed it, but failed to follow through.  Tracking the disposition of these boats is not easy: anyone who has any additions or corrections to the table below, please send it to timcolton@aol.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Present Name Present Owner Model GT Price ($mm) Delivery

Disposition

  Little Squirt Boeing 1962 Active?
Government Contracts
  High Point (PCH 1/WMEH 1) U.S. Navy 110d 15-Aug-63 Built by Martinac, sold 2002, active?
  Tucumcari (PGH 2) U.S. Navy 58d 3.8 7-Mar-68 Scrapped 1973
  Pegasus (PHM 1) U.S. Navy 240d 5.1 9-Jul-77 Scrapped 1996
  Hercules (PHM 2) U.S. Navy 240d 21.3 13-Mar-81 Scrapped 1996
  Taurus (PHM 3) U.S. Navy 240d 44.5 7-Oct-81 Scrapped 1996
  Aquila (PHM 4) U.S. Navy 240d 44.5 19-Dec-81 Scrapped 1996
  Aries (PHM 5) U.S. Navy Aries USS Aries Museum 240d 44.5 18-Sep-82 To Brunswick MO 1996 as a museum
  Gemini (PHM 6) U.S. Navy 240d 44.5 13-Mar-83 Scrapped 1996
Commercial Contracts
1 Kalakaua Pacific Sea Tptn. Flores TurboJet 929-100 305 Mar-75 Active
2 Madeira Far East Hydrofoil Madeira TurboJet 929-100 267 Feb-75 Active
3 Kamehameha Pacific Sea Tptn. Corvo HiJet Ferry Co. 929-100 267 Mar-75 Sold to South Korea in 2006?
4 Kuhio Pacific Sea Tptn. Pico TurboJet 929-100 267 Sep-75 Active
5 Santa Maria Far East Hydrofoil Santa Maria TurboJet 929-100 267 Jun-75 Active
6 Jet Caribe STF Flores Ltd. Sao Jorge TurboJet 929-100 332 Oct-76 Inactive
7 Flying Princess P. & O. Jet Ferries Urzela TurboJet 929-100 267 Sep-76 Active
8 Jet de Orientes Kobe III TurboJet 929-100 267 Feb-77 Sold to South Korea in 2004?
9 Okesa Sado Kisen Guia TurboJet 929-100 332 Feb-77 Active
10 Flying Princess II P. & O. Jet Ferries Kobe V STF Flores Ltd. 929-100 267 Jul-78 Sold to South Korea in 2004?
11 Mikado Sado Kisen Toppy 7 Sado Kisen 929-115 281 1979 Active
12 Normandy Princess P. & O. Jet Ferries Terceira TurboJet 929-115 267 Feb-79 Active
13 Jet Ferry One P. & O. Jet Ferries Funchal Jenford Int'l. 929-115 267 Sep-79 Laid up?
14 HMS Speedy (P 296) Royal Navy Lilau TurboJet 929-115 277 Jan-79 Active
15 Cu Na Mara B. & I. Line Ginga Sado Kisen 929-115 277 1980 Active
16 Jet Ferry Two Greek operator Horta Far East 929-115 267 Apr-80 Active
17 Montevideo Jet Lin. Mar. Argentina Seven Island Ai Tokai Kisen 929-115 279 Oct-80 Active
18 Princesa Guayarmina Trasmediterranea Lucky Lightweight Int'l. 929-115 267 Feb-81 Active
19 Princesse Clementine Ostende Lines Seven Island Niji Tokai Kisen 929-115 289 Apr-81 Active
20 Prinses Stephanie Ostende Lines Seven Island Yume Tokai Kisen 929-115 287 Jun-81 Active
21 Princesa Guacimara Trasmediterranea Taipa Tai Sun Int'l. 929-115 362 Sep-81 Active
22 Bima Samudera I PT Pelni Bima Samudera I Baruna Jaya 929-115 329 Nov-81 Active
23 Prince Abdul Aziz II Cosmo Line 929-115 1984 Active
24 Rocket 2 Cosmo Line 929-115 287 Jul-84 Inactive
25 Rocket 3 Cosmo Line 929-115 1985 Inactive
26 Jet No. 7 Nordic JetLine 929-115 163 1985 Active
27 Jet No. 8 Nordic JetLine Falcon or Venus 2 ? 929-115 163 Jun-85
28 Binida II PT Pelni 929-115 95 Sep-86
Built in Japan by Kawasaki HI
F1 Tsubasa   164 1989
F2 Pegasus   163 1990
F3 Toppi 1 Taneyaku KS 166 1989
F4 Princess Dacil Trasmediterranea 210 1990
F5 Nagasaki   Beatle Sansei 255 1989
F6 Beetle JR Kyushu Jet Ferry 164 1990
F7 Unicorn   163 1990
F8 Beetle 2 JR Kyushu Jet Ferry 164 1991
F9 Venus   163 1991
F10 Suisei   169 1991
F11 Princess Teguise Trasmediterranea 210 1991
F12 Toppi 2 Taneyaku KS 163 1992
F13
F14 Crystal Wing 165 1994
F15 Emerald Wing 165 1994
Toppi 3 Taneyaku KS
Toppi 7 Taneyaku KS
Built in China by Qiuxin Shipyard
30-101 Balsa Shun-Tak China Travel 303 1994
Praia Shun-Tak China Travel 1995 Sold to South Korea in 2002?
North Star