MV Chimacum

History
MV Chimacum under construction in May 2016.
Name:	MV Chimacum
Owner:	Washington State Department of Transportation
Operator:	Washington State Ferries
Port of registry:	Seattle, WA, United States
Route:	Seattle–Bremerton
Ordered:	Spring 2014
Builder:	Vigor Industrial, Seattle, Washington
Cost:	$123 million (approximate)^[1]
Laid down:	December 9, 2014
Christened:	September 14, 2016
In service:	Early 2017 (expected)
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and 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:	2 vehicle 2 passenger (1 Cabin Deck, 1 Sun Deck)
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
Crew:	14
Notes:	^[2]

The MV Chimacum is the third vessel of the Olympic Class auto ferries for the Washington State Ferries system. The ship is currently under construction at Vigor Industrial in Seattle, Washington and is planned to enter service on the Seattle- Bremerton route^[3] in early 2017.^[1]

Funding for a third Olympic class was authorized in the Spring 2014 session of the Washington State Legislature and the keel laying and first weld took place on December 9, 2014.^[1]

The name Chimacum was decided by the Washington State Transportation Commission in November 2014 after a public outreach process.^[1] The vessel is named after one of the least known tribes of Native Americans in Washington. While the tribe is now extinct, some members of the S'Klallam and Skokomish tribes can trace their ancestry back the Chemakum.^[4]

The Chimacum has two car decks, a sun deck and a passenger deck. Washington State Ferries has not announced if the sun deck will be open, or closed like on the MV Tokitae.

She was christened by Governor Jay Inslee on September 14, 2016, at Vigor Industrial in Seattle. Chimacum is scheduled to be completed in early 2017, and replace the MV Kitsap on the Seattle-Bremerton route.^[1]^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Washington State Department of Transportation. "Ferries - Olympic Class (144-Car) Ferries". Retrieved April 15, 2015. Chimacum, the third 144-car ferry: The total cost of the vessel is approximately $123 million.
↑ "144 Auto Ferry" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
↑ "144 Car Ferries". WSDOT.
↑ "2014 Ferry Naming Proposals and Process". Washington State Transportation Commission. November 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
↑ Demay, Daniel (September 14, 2016). "Boarding soon: State christens newest ferry, set for Bremerton run next spring". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

External links

"WSDOT - Project - Ferries - Olympic Class (144-Car) Ferries". wsdot.wa.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

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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