MV Tillikum

History
MV Tillikum off of Fauntleroy ferry terminal, Seattle
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	1959 Refit: 1994
Identification	IMO number: 8836120 MMSI number: 366773090 Callsign: WL3377^[1] Official Number: D278437
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)
Capacity	548 passengers 87 vehicles (max 30 commercial)^[2]

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 8836120.

^ 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.

Washington State Ferries

Routes
Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Island Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals
Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet
Evergreen State class	MV Tillikum
Super class	MV Kaleetan MV Yakima
Jumbo class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla
Issaquah class	MV Issaquah MV Kittitas MV Kitsap MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Sealth
Jumbo Mark-II class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup
Kwa-di Tabil class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick
Olympic class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum MV Suquamish MV Wishkah (future)

Retired fleet
Six Minute ferries	SS San Mateo SS Shasta
Wood Electric class	MV <i>Chetzemoka</i> (1927) MV <i>Kehloken</i> MV <i>Klahanie</i>
Steel Electric class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa
Evergreen State class	MV Evergreen State MV Klahowya
Super class	MV Hyak MV Elwha
Skagit Kalama class	MV Kalama MV Skagit
Passenger-Only Fast Ferry class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish
No class	MV <i>Chippewa</i> MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV <i>Olympic</i> MV Rhododendron MV <i>Rosario</i> MV <i>Skansonia</i> MV <i>Tyee</i> MV <i>Vashon</i>

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