Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The MV Tokitae is an Olympic Class passenger ferry that is under construction and is planned to enter service for the Washington State Ferries system in early 2014.The contracts were signed on November 1, 2011, and keel was laid on March 29, 2012.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 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.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, Whidbey Island on Sunday, March 3, 2013. On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, the superstructure was on top of the hull. The ferry was launched in Elliott Bay on July 19, 2013.It was announced on November 8, 2013 on the Washington State Ferries website that the Tokitae would start service with the Summer 2014 sailing schedule on the Mukilteo-Clinton route.The Tokitae was Christened by Lynn Peterson on March 20, 2014 at Vigor, during a ceremony opened to the media, officials and workers.. }
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- MV_Tokitae abstract "The MV Tokitae is an Olympic Class passenger ferry that is under construction and is planned to enter service for the Washington State Ferries system in early 2014.The contracts were signed on November 1, 2011, and keel was laid on March 29, 2012.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 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.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, Whidbey Island on Sunday, March 3, 2013. On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, the superstructure was on top of the hull. The ferry was launched in Elliott Bay on July 19, 2013.It was announced on November 8, 2013 on the Washington State Ferries website that the Tokitae would start service with the Summer 2014 sailing schedule on the Mukilteo-Clinton route.The Tokitae was Christened by Lynn Peterson on March 20, 2014 at Vigor, during a ceremony opened to the media, officials and workers.".