MV Tillikum

MV Tillikum off of Fauntleroy ferry terminal, Seattle
History
Name	MV Tillikum
Owner	WSDOT
Operator	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry	Seattle, Washington, United States
Completed	1959 Refit: 1994
Identification	IMO number: 8836120 MMSI number: 366773090 Callsign: WL3377 Official Number: D278437
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)
Capacity	1200 passengers 87 vehicles (max 30 commercial)

The MV Tillikum is the sole remaining Evergreen State-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries.

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.