Evergreen State-class ferry

*Evergreen State*-class ferry
Class overview
MV Tillikum, one of the Evergreen State-class ferries
Builders:	Puget Sound Dredge and Bridge Company
Operators:	Washington State Ferries
Succeeded by:	Olympic-class ferry
Built:	1954-1959
In service:	1954-present
Completed:	3
Active:	2
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Evergreen State-class auto/passenger ferry
Tonnage:	2041
Length:	310 ft (94 m)
Beam:	73 ft (22 m)
Draft:	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Decks:	1 auto 1 passenger
Deck clearance:	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Installed power:	2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	Diesel-Electric
Speed:	13 knots is service speed:16 knots is max speed
Capacity:	87 cars 800-1092 passengers

The Evergreen State-class ferries were built by the Puget Sound Dredge and Bridge Company for Washington State Ferries beginning in 1953. This class was the first built after the state agency was created in 1951. Each Evergreen State-class ferry originally carried 100 cars and 1000 passengers.

The Evergreen State-class ferries include:

External links

"Vessels By Class". Washington State Department of Transportation.
"Washington State Ferries History". Washington State Department of Transportation.

Washington State Ferries

Routes

Anacortes–San Juan Islands Edmonds–Kingston Fauntleroy–Vashon–Southworth Mukilteo–Clinton Point Defiance–Tahlequah Port Townsend–Coupeville Seattle–Bainbridge Seattle–Bremerton

Terminals

Colman Dock (Seattle)

Current fleet

Jumbo Mark-II-class	MV Tacoma MV Wenatchee MV Puyallup

Jumbo-class	MV Spokane MV Walla Walla

Super-class	MV Hyak MV Kaleetan MV Yakima MV Elwha

Olympic-class	MV Tokitae MV Samish MV Chimacum (under construction) MV Suquamish (under construction)

Issaquah 130-class	MV Cathlamet MV Chelan MV Issaquah MV Kitsap MV Kittitas

Issaquah-class	MV Sealth

Evergreen State-class	MV Klahowya MV Tillikum

Kwa-di Tabil-class	MV Chetzemoka MV Salish MV Kennewick

Retired fleet

Steel Electric-class	MV Enetai MV Illahee MV Klickitat MV Nisqually MV Quinault MV Willapa

Wood Electric-class	MV Chetzemoka (1927) MV Kehloken MV Klahanie

Evergreen State-class	MV Evergreen State

Skagit Kalama-class	MV Kalama MV Skagit

Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class	MV Chinook MV Snohomish

No Class	MV Chippewa MV Crosline MV Hiyu MV Kalakala MV Kitsap (1925) MV Kulshan MV Leschi MV Olympic MV Rhododendron MV Rosario MV Saksnonia MV Tyee MV Vashon SS San Mateo SS Shasta

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