MV Tillikum
 MV Tillikum off of Fauntleroy ferry terminal, Seattle | |
| History | |
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| Name | Tillikum |
| Owner | WSDOT |
| Operator | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry | Seattle, Washington,  United States |
| Builder | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company |
| Laid down | November 10, 1958 |
| Launched | April 1959 |
| Completed |
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| Identification |
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| Status | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Evergreen State-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Displacement | 2,413 long tons (2,452 t) |
| Length | 310 ft 2 in (94.5 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Deck clearance | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
| Installed power | Total 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) from 2 diesel-electric engines |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric (AC) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
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The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF) and the oldest ferry operating in the WSF system.
The Tillikum entered service in April 1959 for the Seattle–Bainbridge Island route.[3] Upon the delivery of the Super-class ferries in 1968, the Tillikum was moved to the Edmonds-Kingston run where it remained until approximately 1980. After being displaced by the Issaquah-class ferry Chelan in the early 1980s, the Tillikum spent roughly a decade as a relief boat before settling on the Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth run in the early 1990s. The Tillikum has become a reserve vessel since the delivery of the Samish in 2015. Since the retirement of her sister Klahowya in 2017, she has been serving primarily as the San Juan Inter-island vessel.
References
- ^ The Evergreen State class today - M/V Tillikum Archived 2007-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, evergreenfleet.com
- ^ Vessel info - M/V Tillikum, WSF, WSDOT
- ^ "The Hyak in Comparison". Washington State Ferries Newsletter. Washington State Highway Commission. July 1967. p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2022 – via Yakima Valley Libraries.