Together they served on the Seattle-Vashon Island route (see King County Water Taxi).
[8] On July 18, 2012, the vessel sank near Chumbe Island[9] while in ferry service in Tanzania.
[2][10] The Zanzibar government blamed the disaster on the ship operating over too long of a distance, and the island's transportation minister resigned.
[5] In addition, vessels had been warned not to make the crossing because of the high seas, according to Tanzania's chief meteorologist.
[4] After Skagit's loss, Zanzibar barred sister ship MV Kalama from operating and later "deleted" her and three other ferries from its list of sea vessels for safety reasons.