Ferries live all kinds of lives after they’re decommissioned. At least two in Seattle, MV Skansonia and Hiyu, are popular event venues for weddings. A couple of former Washington State Ferries retired to Tanzania to shuttle people between Zanzibar and the mainland. Another became a scallop farm.
Annabelle, a spacious liveaboard ferry docked in Tacoma, started her life at the Dalles in 1938, hauling cars across the Columbia River and back; while a bridge across that stretch of water had been planned for years, it didn’t open until 1953. Annabelle then served Herron Island starting in 1960, where she spent the remainder of her 50-year career.
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