MV Chimacum
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Chimacum |
| Owner: | Washington State Department of Transportation |
| Operator: | Washington State Ferries |
| Port of registry: | Seattle, WA, United States |
| Ordered: | Spring 2014 |
| Builder: | Vigor Industrial, Seattle, Washington |
| Cost: | $123 million (approximate)[1] |
| Laid down: | December 9, 2014 |
| Completed: | Early 2017 (expected) |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Olympic Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Displacement: | 4320 long tons at design load waterline |
| Length: | 362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) |
| Beam: | 83 ft 2 in (25.3 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
| Depth: | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
| Decks: |
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| Deck clearance: | 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m) |
| Installed power: | Total 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) from 2 x EMD 12-710G7C Diesel Engines |
| Speed: | 17-knot (31 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
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| Notes: | [2] |
The MV Chimacum is the third vessel of the Olympic Class auto ferries for the Washington State Ferries system. The ship is currently under construction at Vigor Industrial in Seattle, Washington and is planned to enter service in early 2017.[1]
Funding for a third Olympic class was authorized in the Spring 2014 session of the Washington State Legislature and the keel laying and first weld took place on December 9, 2014.[1]
The name Chimacum was decided by the Washington State Transportation Commission in November 2014 after a public outreach process.[1] The vessel is named after one of the least known tribes of Native Americans in Washington State. While the tribe is now extinct, some members of the S'Klallam and Skokomish tribes can trace their ancestry back the Chemakum.[3]
The Chimacum is scheduled to be completed in early 2017.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Washington State Department of Transportation. "Ferries - Olympic Class (144-Car) Ferries". Retrieved April 15, 2015.
Chimacum, the third 144-car ferry: The total cost of the vessel is approximately $123 million.
- ↑ "144 Auto Ferry" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ↑ "2014 Ferry Naming Proposals and Process". Washington State Transportation Commission. November 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
External links
- "WSDOT - Project - Ferries - Olympic Class (144-Car) Ferries". wsdot.wa.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2014.