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 & 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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| 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.