MV Tillikum

{{Short description|Ferry built in 1959}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = MV Tillikum.jpg | image_caption = ''Tillikum'' in 2017 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''Tillikum'' | owner = [[WSDOT]] | operator = [[Washington State Ferries]] | registry = [[Seattle, Washington]], {{flag|United States}} | route = | ordered = | builder = [[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]] | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = November 10, 1958 | launched = April 1959 | completed = *1959 *Refit: 1994 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|8836120}} *{{MMSI Number|366773090}} *[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WL3377<ref name="evergreen vessel">[http://www.evergreenfleet.com/evergreenstoday.html The Evergreen State class today - M/V ''Tillikum''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913131110/http://www.evergreenfleet.com/evergreenstoday.html |date=2007-09-13 }}, evergreenfleet.com</ref> *Official Number: D278437 | fate = | status = In Service | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass|Evergreen State|ferry|0}} auto/passenger ferry | tonnage = | displacement = {{cvt|2413|LT|t|lk=on}} | length = {{convert|310|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|73|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = {{convert|15|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = 3 | deck_clearance = {{convert|13|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = Total {{cvt|2,500|hp|lk=in}} from 2 diesel-electric engines | propulsion = Diesel-electric (AC) | speed = {{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = *548 passengers *87 vehicles (max 30 commercial)<ref name="vessel info">[http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/your_wsf/our_fleet/index.cfm?vessel_id=43 Vessel info - M/V ''Tillikum''], WSF, WSDOT</ref> | crew = | notes = }} }} The '''MV ''Tillikum''''' is the sole remaining {{sclass|Evergreen State|ferry}} operated by [[Washington State Ferries]] (WSF) and the oldest ferry operating in the WSF system.

== History == [[File:Ferry on Seattle waterfront, circa 1963.jpg|left|thumb|MV ''Tillikum'' at [[Colman Dock]] in 1963]] The ''Tillikum'' entered service in April 1959 for the [[Seattle]]–[[Bainbridge Island, Washington|Bainbridge Island]] route.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 1967 |title=The Hyak in Comparison |page=3 |work=Washington State Ferries Newsletter |publisher=[[Washington State Highway Commission]] |url=https://archives.yvl.org/handle/20.500.11867/14726 |via=[[Yakima Valley Libraries]] |accessdate=January 10, 2022}}</ref> Upon the delivery of the {{sclass2|Super|ferry|0}} ferries in 1968, the ''Tillikum'' was moved to the [[Edmonds–Kingston Ferry|Edmonds-Kingston run]] where it remained until approximately 1980. After being displaced by the {{sclass|Issaquah|ferry|0}} ferry {{MV|Chelan||2}} in the early 1980s, the ''Tillikum'' spent roughly a decade as a relief boat before settling on the [[Fauntleroy, Seattle|Fauntleroy]]-[[Vashon, Washington|Vashon]]-[[Southworth, Washington|Southworth]] run in the early 1990s. The ''Tillikum'' has become a reserve vessel since the delivery of the {{MV|Samish||2}} in 2015. Since the retirement of its sister {{MV|Klahowya||2}} in 2017, it has been serving primarily as the San Juan Inter-island vessel.

==References== {{commons category|IMO 8836120}} {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tillikum, MV}} [[Category:Washington State Ferries vessels]] [[Category:1959 ships]]