MV Tokitae

MV Tokitae en route from Clinton to Mukilteo.
History
Name: MV Tokitae
Owner: Washington State Department of Transportation
Operator: Washington State Ferries
Port of registry: Seattle, WA, United States
Ordered: 2011
Builder: Vigor Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Cost: $144 million[1]
Laid down: March 29, 2012
Launched: July 19, 2013
Christened: March 20, 2014
Maiden voyage: June 30, 2014
In service: June 30, 2014
Status: In Service
General characteristics
Class and 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:
  • 2 vehicle
  • 2 passenger
  • 1 crew
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:
  • 1500 passengers
  • 144 vehicles (max 30 commercial)
Crew: 14

The MV Tokitae is an Olympic-class passenger ferry operated by Washington State Ferries which entered service on the Mukilteo-Clinton route on June 30, 2014.

The contracts for the Tokitae were signed on November 1, 2011,[2] and its keel was laid on March 29, 2012.[3]

On November 13, 2012 the Washington State Transportation commission named the ferry Tokitae. Tokitae is a colloquial greeting that means "nice day, pretty colors" in the language of the Coast Salish [4]indigenous people. It is also the name of an orca captured at Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, which was renamed Lolita and now performs at the Miami Seaquarium.[5]

The Tokitae's hull was rolled out of the Vigor construction building onto a drydock on Saturday, March 2, 2013. It was joined by the superstructure from Nichols Brothers Boatbuilders of Freeland, a community on Whidbey Island, on Sunday, March 3, 2013. On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, the superstructure was on top of the hull.[6] The ferry was launched in Elliott Bay on July 19, 2013.[7]

The Tokitae was christened by Lynn Peterson on March 20, 2014 at Vigor, during a ceremony opened to the media, officials and workers.[8]

The official unveiling occurred on June 8, 2014, at the Clinton Ferry Terminal.

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