The MV Hiyu is a ferry boat operated by Washington State Ferries. It is currently the smallest ferry in the fleet, with a capacity of 34 cars and 200 passengers, and a length of 162 feet (49 m).The Hiyu was originally built in 1967 by Gunderson Brothers in Portland, Oregon to replace the aging wooden ferry MV Skansonia on the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route, which had a capacity of 32 cars at the time and a clearance of 11 feet (3.4 m) on her car deck.