MV Tillikum
The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.
 MV Tillikum off of Fauntleroy ferry terminal, Seattle | |
| History | |
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| Name: | MV Tillikum |
| Owner: | WSDOT |
| Operator: | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry: |
Seattle, Washington,  |
| Completed: |
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| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Evergreen State-class auto/passenger ferry |
| Displacement: | 2413 |
| 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 from 2 Diesel-Electric engines |
| Propulsion: | DIESEL-ELECTRIC (AC) |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h) |
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The Tillikum was built in 1959 for service between Seattle and Bainbridge Island. 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 became been 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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tillikum (ship, 1959). |
- 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
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