The last regularly operated steam ferry on the West Coast of the United States made its final run on this route in 1969.

[2] In 1968 the Evergreen-class ferry MV Tillikum (capacity: 1,200 passengers, 87 autos) was assigned as the regular boat on the route.

On Labor Day 1969, the San Mateo became the last steam ferry on the West Coast of the United States to run a regular route.

[3] The dock was utilized again starting in November 2018 when Kitsap Transit resumed passenger only fast-ferry service to Seattle with MV Finest.

[4] The Kingston terminal has an extra slip for a spare boat, which was regularly used for a third vessel until the 1970s.