Main Cabin Galley: Yes  

Car Deck ADA Shelter: No

Main Cabin Restroom: Yes

Car Deck ADA Restroom: Yes

Elevator: Yes

802.11 WiFi Access: Yes

ADA Notes: The MV Tacoma has elevator access from both auto deck levels to all of the passenger cabin areas. Accessible restrooms, vending and newspaper machines are on the main passenger deck. If you are traveling by car and want to park near the elevator, be sure to let the ticket seller know.

Class: Jumbo Mark II

Type: Auto/Passenger Ferry

Length: 460' 2"

Engines: 4

Beam: 90'

Horsepower: 16,000

Draft: 17' 3"

Speed in Knots: 18

Max Passengers: 2500

Propulsion: DIESEL-ELECTRIC (AC)

Max Vehicles: 202

Gross Net Tonnage: 3138

Max Commercial Vehicles: 60

City Built: Seattle

Auto Deck Clearance: 16' 0"

Year Built/Re-built: 1997

Meaning of Tacoma: Derived from the native word Tah-ho-mah for Mt. Rainier, or "snowy mountain." Tacoma was first attributed to the mountain in an 1860s book, "The Canoe and the Saddle" by Theodore Winthrop, a popular volume on the early Pacific Northwest. The city picked the name over Commencement City when the railroad made its terminius there in the 1870s.