MV Tokitae
 The MV Tokitae's superstructure at Vigor Shipyards after arrival from Nichols Brothers on Whidbey Island | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Tokitae |
| Port of registry: | US |
| Route: | To Be Determined |
| Ordered: | 2011 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Cost: | $115 million[1] |
| Laid down: | March 29, 2012 |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Olympic Class auto/passenger ferry |
| Tonnage: |
gross-tonnage: 4320 long tons net-tonnage: not available |
| Displacement: |
4320 long tons salt water 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) |
| Notes: | All specifications are subject to change. Vessels in design and construction phase.[2] |
The MV Tokitae is an Olympic Class passenger ferry that is under construction and is planned to enter service for the Washington State Ferries system in early 2014.[3]
The contracts were signed on November 1, 2011,[4] and keel was laid on March 29, 2012.[5]
On November 13, 2012 the Washington State Transportation commission named the ferry Tokitae. Tokitae means "nice day, pretty colors" in a native American jargon. 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.[6]
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, Whidbey Island on Sunday, March 3, 2013. On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, the superstructure was on top of the hull.[7]
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