The MV Willapa was a car ferry that served on the San Francisco Bay and later on Puget Sound.
Originally named MV Fresno, she was operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad and provided ferry service across the bay.
[1] These modifications made both the Willapa and Enetai better suited for the hour-long Seattle-Bremerton route, which was seeing an increase in traffic with more people commuting to and from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, where more warships were being built in preparation for World War II.
The modifications that the Willapa and Enetai received made them no longer true Steel Electric-class ferries.
In November 2009, the vessel was scrapped by Enterprise Marine Company Inc., resulting in the Santa Rosa (aka Enetai) being the only remaining Steel Electric-class ferry.