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The S.S. Acapulco was a cruise liner first launched in 1922 as the SS Mongolia. It was moored in Seattle during the World's Fair in 1962 as a floating hotel. The ship proved to be too expensive to operate and was scrapped after the fair. Information from Bill Cotter's Seattle 1962 World's Fair (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2010).

Wrecked in 1930. Stranded at the Columbia entrance near Peacock Spit on February 15, 1930. All 39 passengers were removed. On February 17 there was worsening weather and all non-essential crew were removed. On February 18, all crew were removed besides Capt. C.C. Graham, who left on February 24. It is believed that the wreck of the Laurel was mistaken for a range buoy. Capt. Graham pled guilty to negligence, and his license was suspended for 6 months.

The 543 ton, four-masted schooner A.J. West was built in 1898 at Aberdeen by John Howson at the West & Slade Mill for the Slade Shipping Co. of San Francisco (p. 33). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The tug Aleut was built in Benicia, California in 1898 for the Alaska Packers' Association. She was purchased by Captain Ray Small and W.J. Allison of Seattle and was one of the most active vessels in the Puget Sound towing business in the early 1920s. In 1922, the tug was sold to Captain Frank Fogarty and Jack Fogarty of Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

The Alice Ross was a 70 foot motor passenger boat designed by Naval Architect L.H. Coolidge. She was built by Seattle City Light for Diablo Lake excursions to the new hydro-electric plant, which was built in 1935. She was a 300 passenger vessel, and was powered by a 175-horsepower Hull-Scott gasoline engine (p. 437). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1966).

There were multiple ships named Alki.

The Amelia Wheaton was an 85 foot sternwheel steamer built in 1878 by Captain C.P. Sorenson for the federal government to operate with Fort Sherman. She was the first steam vessel to operate on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 201 foot steel Armeria was built by John A. Dialogue in Camden, New Jersey in 1892 as a lighthouse tender for the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. In 1898, she was transferred to the Navy from the Lighthouse Service and converted for naval service at the Norfolk Navy Yard. She was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron for the duration of the Spanish-American war. Armeria returned to the Lighthouse Service in 1898. In 1907 she was reassigned to the 13th Lighthouse District, and transferred again to the 16th Lighthouse District at Ketchikan in 1911, becoming the first tender to be permanently assigned to Alaska.Armeria struck a submerged uncharted rock while servicing Cape Hinchinbrook Light on May 20, 1912 and wrecked. Considered a total loss, her hulk was sold at auction. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966) and the US Coast Guard website: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2157728/armeria-1890/

The Aquilo was a steamer on Lake Washington owned by Capt. Anderson, lessee of the county ferry fleet. She was returned to King County in 1938 and ordered sold at sheriff's sale. She was sold to Pacific Metal & Salvage Co. of Seattle for $360 and scrapped (p. 466). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1966).

The Arago was a four masted barkentine built at the Simpson yard in North Bend, Washington, in 1891 for carrying lumber. She was sold to Chilean owners as the Judith in 1914, and then to Peruvian owners as the Aurrera (p. 248). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The propeller steamer Athlon was operated on the Seattle-Bremerton run. She was built in 1900 by J.H. Johnston at Portland for Shaver, Kamm, and Kellogg for a contract price of $4,935. She was 112.4 feet long with a gross tonnage of 157, a beam of 19.7 feet, and a depth of 7 feet. She was declared a total loss on August 1, 1921. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Atlanta was a 90 foot long, 87 ton passenger steamer built by Captain John Anderson for passenger service on Lake Washington (p 150). The Atlanta was completed in 1908, and remained in service until 1938 when she was ordered sold at the sheriff's sale (p 150, 466). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Bailey Gatzert was a sternwheel steamer built in Ballard in 1890, and was launched in 1891 sideways on 177 foot ways (p. 223). She operated in Puget Sound, on the Pacific Coast, and on the Columbia River. She was refitted with an elevator in 1917 for loading cars, and was the first automobile ferry to serve the Olympic Peninsula. She was laid up in 1926 and her hull converted to a floating machine shop on Lake Union, but her whistle and nameboard are at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), Seattle, Washington (p. 291). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were multiple ships called Beaver.

The Breakwater was a 200 foot long iron passenger steamer. She was operated by the North Pacific Steamship Co., running on the Portland-California route (p. 295). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

United States Army Transport (U.S.A.T.) Burnside acted as a cable-laying vessel in and north of the Puget Sound in the early 1900s. She was built in 1892 as the Yeomanby Campbell, MacIntosh, & Bowstead in Newcastle, England. The ship was sold to a Spanish company in 1891 and renamed the S.S. Rita. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the ship was captured by the U.S.S. Yale, was acquired by the U. S. Quartermaster Department from the U.S. Prize Court , and renamed the U.S.A.T. Burnside after Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Burnside in 1899. She was assigned to the A.T.S. Pacific fleet and based in Seattle where she maintained the cable network of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable System (W.A.M.C.A.T.S). She was condemned in 1923, sold, and scrapped in 1924 in Oakland, California. Source: US Army Source of Battle 1919-1941, Volume 4, The Services, p. 2144.

The S.S. Burton was owned by the Kitsap Transportation Co. She was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1924.

Originally named Majestic. Built at Everett by E. Heath for the Thompson Steamboat Co. in 1901 (p. 70), renamed the Whatcom in 1904, operated under the Alaska Steamship Co. (p. 100), lost off Pt. Pfeiffer in 1909 (p. 165), purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. and converted in 1921 into the steam ferry City of Bremerton (p. 324). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The City of Everett was a bulk carrier vessel known as a "whaleback." These vessels were used extensively between the 1890 and 1910. Their unconventional bow and stern structure and their rounded weather deck and low freeboard when fully loaded gave them the appearance of a partly submerged whale. These vessels were used mostly for transport in the freshwater of the Great Lakes. Only two operated in the Pacific waters. The first was the Charles W. Wetmore. The other was the City of Everett, which launched in Everett on October 24, 1894. She was the only whaleback constructed on the Pacific Coast. The American Steel Barge Co. owned the Everett through the end of 1899. The American Agricultural Chemical Co. owned the vessel from 1900 through 1901. The Standard Oil Company of New York then took over ownership until 1915. The Everett was in service for 28 years, during which she was the first U.S. merchant steamship to pass through the Suez Canal and circumnavigate the globe. She sank in the Gulf of Mexico on October 11, 1923. Information from the Seattle Times, November 11, 1962.

The City of Kingston was brought to the Pacific Northwest in 1890 for the Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Co. and handled the company's Puget Sound-British Columbia service. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). The City of Kingston collided with another ship, the Glenogle, near Tacoma, Washington in 1900, and sunk off of Point Defiance.

Built in 1899 in Danzig, Germany; 12,642 tons, 560 ft. long. Formerly the North German Lloyd liner S.S. Grosser Kurfurst (different from the German battleship of the same name). The ship was seized by the U.S. during WWI. She was turned over to the U.S. Navy, renamed the Aeolus , and used as a transport ship until 1919 (p. 1). Notes from Marine Engineering, Vol. 26, Issue 1 (New York: Aldrich Publishing Co., 1921). In 1922, the ship was assigned to the Los Angeles Steamship Co. and renamed the S.S. City of Los Angeles , sailing between Los Angeles and Honolulu. In 1937, the ship was sold for scrapping in Japan. Information from the Naval History and Heritage Command website, "Aeolus I" article.

The S.S. City of Puebla was an iron steamer built in Philadelphia in 1881 for the run between New York and Havana. She was later transferred to service between Puget Sound and San Francisco in 1889 (p. 261). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).Operated by Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Stranded near Bellingham September 19, 1910. Salvaged and repaired by Moran Bros. Co. for $39,000 (p. 13). Notes from Railway and Marine News, Vol. 9 (Seattle: J.P. Parkinson, 1911). Sold to East Coast owners in 1916 when Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. merged with Pacific Coast Steamship Co. to become Pacific Steamship Co.

There were multiple ships named City of Seattle.

Launched in 1903 for Puget Sound Navigation Co. 168 ft. long. Sank in a storm in the Straits of Juan de Fuca on January 8, 1904. Considered a cursed ship.

Freighter - launched in 1891 at Aberdeen. 95 feet long - 24' 7" beam, 5' 5" depth, 118.13 tons. Destroyed by fire at Chuckanut Bay in 1902.

100 ft shallow draft propeller steamer, built along with Spokane in 1902 to serve lumber trade on Lake Coeur d'Alene.

There were multiple ships named Columbia.The Columbia Rediviva and the Columbia are the same ship.

During the summer of 1933, the principal ports of the Northwest were visited by the historic United States frigate U.S.S. Constitution, recently restored to seaworthy condition with funds contributed by the nation's school children. Old Ironsides, manned by a crew from the steam and diesel navy, was operated as a glorified barge, being towed by the minesweeper Grebe (p. 421). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Coquitlam was originally the HMCS Leaside, a Royal Navy corvette (p. 540). She was converted to a cruise liner in 1947 with 100 first class accommodations, dancing, movies, and other entertainment. She was sold by Union Steamships Ltd. to C.B. West of Alaska Cruise Lines in 1958 and renamed the Glacier Queen (p. 626). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The auxiliary steel full-rigged ship Danmark, built in 1932 for the Danish Ministry of Shipping and Fisheries for use as a training ship, visited Seattle on a training cruise in 1946, mooring at Pier 54 on the central waterfront and causing considerable tourist traffic for the month of December. Under command of Captain Knud L. Hansen, the little square-rigger and her 16 officers and 116 Danish Merchant Marine cadets arrived after a 13,000 mile voyage from Copenhagen under sail. Danmark had found herself in the United States at the outbreak of World War II and was lent to the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London for use as a training ship, in which service she trained 5,000 United States Coast Guard cadets (p. 533). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The David Campbell was a steam fireboat of steel construction. She was built at Portland in 1913. Her machinery could develop 1,200 horsepower. She remained in service until 1928 (p. 224). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Decatur, built in 1839, came to Seattle in 1855. It was called a "sloop of war," being less than a frigate or "line of battle" ship. In 1855, it carried sixteen guns, and had a crew of 104 men. It took part in the defense of Seattle against the Indians in 1855-1856. In later years the Decatur was in the Puget Sound lumber trade.

The four-masted schooner Defiance was built at Hoquiam, Washington in 1897 by Peter Matthews. Weighing 604 tons, 179.8 feet long, and 37.7 feet by 13.7 feet, the Defiance was the largest sailing vessel built in the Pacific Northwest that year. She was built for the E.K. Wood Lumber Company, and was initially commanded by Captain Blum (p. 21). She burned in 1922 while loading copra in the Solomon Islands while under the command of Captain Clark. He and all his crew reached shore safely (p. 330). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).There were multiple ships named Defiance.

There were multiple ships named Del Norte.

Japanese built steamer in 1919 (p. 587), carried limerock cargoes from the quarries at View Cove, Alaska to Seattle (p. 423), operated by the Permanente Cement Co. of Seattle (p. 542), chartered to the Alaska Steamship Co. for general service in 1949 (p. 563), sold in 1952 to Italian owners (p. 587). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Dirigo was built in 1898 at Grays Harbor, Washington, and was engined at San Francisco (p 33). Operated in the Alaska trade, first under J.S. Kimball & Co. of Seattle, then by the Alaska Steamship Co. (p 33, 52). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). This ship sank on November 16, 1914, 100 miles west from Cape Fairweather on a voyage from Cordova, Alaska, to Seattle.

The Dix was a passenger steamboat used as a ferry in Puget Sound, particularly on the Seattle-Alki Point run. She was built in 1904 by Crawford & Reid, Tacoma. She was rammed and sunk by the Alaska Coast Company steamship Jeanie off of Duwamish Head on November 18, 1906, resulting in between 40 and 54 deaths.

The Dolphin was built in 1892 on the East Coast as the charter fishing vessel Al Foster. She was a composite steel and iron-hulled passenger steamer operated by the Alaska Steamship Co. (p. 55). She bested the City of Seattle in a race from Vancouver to Skagway (800 miles) in early May, 1902 (p. 76); temporarily placed on the Seattle-Port Townsend-Victoria run after the sinking of the Clallam on Jan. 8, 1904 (p. 100); sold to South American owners for Chilean coastal service in 1917, then rebuilt as a gunboat for the Chilean government (p. 292). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Built in 1880, 229 tons. Operated by the Alaska Commercial Co. from San Francisco to St. Michael and Nome, Alaska. Struck ice in the Icy Straits in 1899 and suffered $2000 in damages. Purchased for the Alaska Pacific Navigation Co. in 1903. Disabled Dec. 30, 1905 off Chignik, Alaska when her steam line broke in heavy weather. She drifted for 63 days, across the Gulf of Alaska, out into the Pacific south of the Columbia River entrance, north of Kodiak Island, until she reached Port Angeles, Washington under jury-rigged sails, February 23, 1906. All the crew and 3 passengers lived, though were greatly rationed on food and water, just enough to barely sustain life. Never spotted. She was stranded on Noble Island December 20, 1920, later beached on Vancouver Island after her brief career as a codfishery.

Built at Richmond Beach for the Seattle Fire Dept. in 1909 (p. 158). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). 309 tons, 113 ft long, 1,100 hp steam engines, costing more than $125,000.

Power schooner that operated in the Arctic trade by Capt. Alexander Allen (p. 152), sold in 1909 (p. 165), and wrecked June 3, 1925 after being caught in the ice off Cape Halkett (p. 368). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

This Alaska Steamship Company iron freighter was built in 1882. Originally named the Glenochil (British), she came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. In late August 1915, on a southbound voyage from Nome to Tacoma, the Edith was caught in a heavy storm. The cargo shifted to one side, endangering the ship and crew. On August 30, the crew of 37 abandoned ship and were picked up by the S.S. Mariposa. The foundering freighter eventually sank in the Gulf of Alaska.

A two-masted schooner known to have operated on the Mendocino Coast. The Electra was built in 1877 at Little River, California, by shipbuilder Thomas H. Peterson. Information from the Mendocino Coast Model Railroad & Historical Society.

Built in Portland in 1858. Served Puget Sound initially on the Olympia-Victoria mail run in 1859. In 1897, sent to Alaska where she was beached outside of Unalaska.

Construction on the Empress of Russia began in 1912 and was completed in 1913. The ship had remarkable speed, defeating the record set by the Empress of Japan of the fastest crossing of the Pacific. For a brief time in 1914, she was taken over as an armed military vessel, but was returned to full commercial service by 1919. She made her final crossing in 1940.

Built in Port Blakely, Washington, in 1898 by Hall Bros.

Owned by A.E. Guinness, manufacturer of Guinness stout. Arrived in Seattle in 1939 and remained in Portage Bay for the duration of World War II.

The Fleetwood was built in 1881 in Portland, Oregon and ran routes along the Columbia River and in Puget Sound. In 1889, she was placed on the Seattle-Tacoma route alongside the Flyer. In 1898, the ship was abandoned in Quartermaster Harbor.

The passenger steamer Fortuna, 81 tons, 107 feet in length, was built at the Anderson Steamboat Co. yard for Capt. Anderson and the Seattle Street Railway Co. and placed in service on Lake Washington in 1906. In 1927, the Fortuna was sold by King County to the King Shipbuilding Co. of Seattle. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). The steamer was re-built in 1919 as an automobile ferry (p. 152). Notes from M.S. Kline's Ferryboats: A legend on Puget Sound (Seattle: Bayless Books, 1983).

The Fram was a ship used by polar explorers including Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen. It was designed to survive the pressure of sea ice by its shape which allowed it to be pushed up on top of the ice, rather than frozen and crushed within the ice.

This four-masted schooner was built at North Bend, Oregon, in 1889 for A. M. Simpson, San Francisco. About 1895 she was rerigged as a three-masted barkentine, and later came under the ownership of Swayne & Hoyt. Shortly before the first World War, she was dismasted in a southeaster while lying at a Southern California pier, but was refitted once more as a four-masted schooner by the Port Blakely Mill Company and renamed by them the Kitsap. She was sunk in collision in Kauai Channel with the steamer Wailele without loss of life on March 21, 1919.

The General J.W. Jacobs was a sternwheel steamer built in 1908 in Portland, Oregon, for the Army Quartermaster Department.

Built for the Sesnon Lighterage Co. of Nome in 1913.

148 foot wooden steamer built in 1878 in Seattle for the Puget Sound service.

The Gjoa was the first vessel to navigate the Northwest Passage between 1903 and 1906. She was on display in San Francisco before being returned to Norway.

There were multiple ships named Gleaner.

Built in New York in 1849. Purchased by Pope and Gamble in 1871 for service in Puget Sound. Burned off of Duwamish Head in 1899 for her metal.

Carried people and cargo to Alaska and the Yukon. Renamed Bonanza King in 1899.

Built at the Dalles, Oregon for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. in 1880.

Two funnel propeller steamer built at Portland by the Willamette Iron and Steel Co. for the Puget Sound Navigation Co. in 1909 (p. 159). She was renamed Seattle in 1922 and converted to a steam ferry in 1924 (p. 324). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were multiple ships named Idaho.

The Iroquois was built in Toledo, Ohio in 1901 for the Arnold Transportation Company. The vessel registered 1,169 tons, with dimensions of 214x34.4x21.2 ft. The engine was of triple-expansion steam type and produced 2,000 hp. The Iroquois arrived in Puget Sound March 1907, purchased from the Great Lakes for the Puget Sound Navigation Company by Charles E. Peabody and Joshua Green. She was one of the first two vessels in Inland Puget Sound service to be fitted with United Wireless Telegraph equipment. The Iroquois served initially on the Victoria-Seattle route, moving later to Puget Sound routes. Following World War I, a growing need for car ferries caused the passenger-only Iroquois to return to service on the Great Lakes in 1920. It was purchased again by Puget Sound Navigation in 1928 and refitted as a "night steamer" between Seattle, Port Angeles, and Victoria. In 1947, the Iroquois was sold to Black Ball Transport and extensively modified as a freighter, remaining in service on the Puget Sound. Eventually sold to an Alaskan crab processor, the vessel was scuttled in 1982, having served for over 80 years. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966) and The Evergreen Fleet website.

Wood burning passenger and freight steamer built at Newhall, Washington for the Bellingham Bay-San Juan Island route, 1904.

Built in 1914 by the Anderson Steamboat Co. for service on Lake Washington between Leschi, Mercer Island and Newport. The vessel was sold in early 1918 to the Rodeo-Vallejo Ferry System, operating in northern San Francisco Bay. In 1927, the ferry was shifted to the Mare Island routes from Vallejo, Martinez, and Benicia. The ferry ended up abandoned on a mud flat in Sausalito. Ca. and dismantled in the 1970s.

The steamer James Domville was wrecked on Thirty Mile River in the spring of 1899.

Built at New Bedford in 1854. Lost at sea in 1899 on a trip from Port Hadlock to San Francisco. The wreck was salvaged and eventually used as a breakwater at Saint Michael, Alaska. Information from Alaska Shipwrecks: 1750-2010 by Captain Warren Good.

Built in 1904 for the Alaska Steamship Co., the wooden passenger steamer Jefferson was 1,615 tons, 207x39.8x25.6 feet, powered by a triple-expansion engine with steam from three Scotch boilers, developing a total of 1,450 horsepower. The Jefferson was dismantled in late 1925 in the shipbreaking yard of Nieder & Marcus in Seattle. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. (Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966.)

Built in Aberdeen, Washington, 1890.

The John Cudahy was built in 1898 by the Moran Brothers in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. It was named for John Cudahy (1843–1915), Chicago merchant and director of NAT&T Co. Originally owned by North American Transportation & Trading Co., it was sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Later in 1914, it was acquired by the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. It was sold by WP&YR and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael, Alaska in 1927.

Wrecked in April 1913 en route from Baranof Harbor, Alaska to San Francisco, California. Collided with British steamer Statesman near Point Reyes.

The Josephine was built in Lake's Yard in North Seattle in 1878 when she began making regular trips between Seattle and the Upper Skagit River in 1878. The steamer exploded in the Puget Sound near Mukilteo on January 16, 1883 during one of her regular trips to the Upper Skagit River. After the explosion, the steamer was rebuilt and made its first trip on March 24, 1883. In 1891 the ship was sold and began making trips between Olympia and Shelton.

The steamer J.P. Light was the first of the Moran Brothers Co. "assembly line" steamers. She was launched April 23, 1898 and delivered in May to Frank Waterhouse & Co., agents for the British American Corporation, at the mouth of the Yukon. She was 409 tons.

Reconstructed from the San Francisco Bay ferry steamer Peralta in July 1937 by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. for the run between Seattle and Bremerton (p. 437). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Sidewheel steamer ferry Kirkland built on Lake Washington for the Jackson Street Cable Railway for service between Juanita-Kirkland-Houghton-Leschi Park (p. 43). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were multiple ships named Kitsap.

Passenger and freight steamer belonging to the Klamath Lake Navigation Co.

493 ton 3-masted barkentine built by John Kruse in 1881 at the Simpson yard in North Bend, Oregon. She set a speed record in 1896 making the voyage from Honolulu to Port Townsend in 9 days, 16 hours, a record for sailing vessels which stood until 1909 (p. 3). Stranded on Honlii Point, Hawaii on Nov. 9, 1912 while operated by the Puget Sound Commercial Co. (p. 213). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were two successive steamships named the Klondike in the Yukon Territory. The first, Klondike I, was built in Whitehorse and launched in 1929. The Klondike ran aground in 1936. While the ship itself was wrecked, the machinery and other parts were used to rebuild the Klondike with the same basic design. The Klondike II launched in 1937, continuing the route of her predecessor carrying passengers and freight between Whitehorse and Dawson. The Klondike II continued to operate until 1955, the last sternwheeler working on the Yukon River. Information from Parks Canada, "S.S. Klondike National Historic Site."

Japanese freighter wrecked off the coast of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska in 1930. Wrecked near the lighthouse off the coast of Unimak Island.

Images featuring the Lawton are pasted on album pages.

The L.T. Haas was operated by Carlson Brothers as the Interlake Steamship Co., on the Leschi Park-Meydenbauer Bay run (p. 81). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Maid of Orleans was a two-masted schooner of 180 tons built at San Francisco in 1882 for the South Seas trade. She was acquired by the Pacific Coast Codfish Co. In 1906, the largest codfishing fleet yet assembled on Puget Sound sailed for the Bering Sea grounds from Seattle, Tacoma, and Anacortes, consisting of the schooners, Carrier Dove, Fanny Dutard, Lizzie Colby, Maid of Orleans, Harold Blekum, Fortuna, Joseph Russ, and Alice. Their catch totaled 1,014,618 fish (p. 123). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Built at Everett by E. Heath for the Thompson Steamboat Co. in 1901 (p. 70), renamed the Whatcom in 1904, operated under the Alaska Steamship Co. (p. 100), lost off Pt. Pfeiffer in 1909 (p. 165), purchased by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. and converted in 1921 to the steam ferry City of Bremerton (p. 324). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Designed in 1962 for the State of Alaska's Commission of Public Works for the run between Prince Rupert and Haines, Alaska (p. 663). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Built for Roald Amundsen in Norway in 1917 as a polar exploration vessel.

Built in 1902 for the Coast Shipping Co.

The S.S. Montana was a Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company (P.M.S.S. Co.) steamer that operated between San Francisco and Panama from 1866 to 1869. In the early 1870s the Colorado Steam Navigation Company bought the Montana from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, to run between San Francisco and the mouth of the Colorado. The Montana caught fire and ran aground just out of Guaymas, Mexico in December 1876 (p.58). Information from Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916 by Richard E. Lingenfelter (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1978).

The U.S.S. Monterey was a U.S. naval monitor ship, a steam-powered ironclad vessel with a low deck and armored turrets.

Formerly the Robert Bridges, used on the Anacortes-Sydney, B.C. run in 1935 (p. 341). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

C.A. Smith, who had completed a large sawmill at Marshfield, engaged Edward S. Hough of San Francisco to design a specialized steel lumber-carrying steamer for operation between Coos Bay, Washington, and California. This vessel, the Nann Smith of 2,009 tons, with a carrying capacity of 2,250,000 board feet, was completed in 1907 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. of Virginia and placed in operation in 1908 by the Inter-Ocean Transportation Co., a Smith subsidiary. This was a particularly interesting development from the historical standpoint, for it marked the beginning of packaged lumber shipments. Water shipment of packaged lumber is generally considered to be a post-World War II development and few are aware that it was pioneered well over half a century before (p. 152). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were multiple ships named New York.

Built by Todd Shipyards Corp. for the Norwegian shipping firm of B. Stolt-Nielsen, she was the first merchant steamship ever built there for foreign owners. Keel was laid in May of 1916, work on the vessel began in June, and she was launched in September of the same year (p. 266). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The veteran West Coast steel cargo carrier Nizina was brought out from the Great Lakes in 1902 as the Eureka by the old Globe Navigation Co. She was operated by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. from 1908 to 1916, and later by the Alaska Steamship Co. as the Ketchikan and (from 1926) the Nizina. Sold to Japanese scrappers and loaded with lumber and scrap metal on Puget Sound for her final voyage (p. 458). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 939 ton wood steam schooner Nome City was chartered by the Pacific Clipper line. She was built in 1900 and had extensive passenger accommodations (p. 55). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The North Pacific Co. operated the old Puget Sound sidewheel steamer North Pacific to Skagway and Dyea early in the 1898 season, departing Seattle every 15 days carrying 150 first-class and 150 second-class passengers and 70 tons of freight. She made her last voyage from the north on April 26, 1898, and was then temporarily laid up at Port Townsend before resuming local service on Puget Sound. (pg. 36). While operating on the Tacoma-Vancouver service on July 18, 1903, the North Pacific struck the rocks off Marrowstone Point during a heavy fog. Her hull was badly damaged. The tug C.B. Smith removed her passengers and crew, after which she drifted off and sank in deep water (p. 94). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 724 ton Ocean Wave was designed by Jacob Kamm and built at Portland, Oregon, for the "seaside route" of the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co. between Portland and Ilwaco, having been placed in service in 1891. On May 20, 1899, she departed Port Angeles, bound for San Francisco towed by a tug. The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway, having established its transcontinental western terminus at Richmond, California, was in need of a steamer to ferry passengers into San Francisco. She was laid up in 1911 at Antioch. She was then put back into service during World War I, having been purchased by the U.S. Shipping Board. In the 1920s she was sold for use as a floating restaurant (p. 50). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Octavia was a four-masted German bark out of Hamburg built as the Loch Nevis by J. Reid & Co., Glasgow in 1894 and was renamed the Octavia in 1900. She was damaged by a fire in 1902. Her hull was used in building the Argentine steamer Primero in 1916.

The naval cruiser Olympia pictured here is a different vessel than the steamship Olympia which was wrecked near Bligh Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1910.

There were multiple ships named Olympian.

There were multiple ships named Oregon.

The Pacific was owned by Alaska Packers Association and converted to gasoline-powered engines in 1912 (p. 206). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Perdita was a propeller passenger steamer built at Seattle by W.W. McKenzie for Hood Canal service, As originally built, she registered 209 tons. She was later rebuilt to 286 tons. She was powered by a triple-expansion engine (p. 90). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The three-masted schooner Pioneer lost her rudder and was wrecked on the Oregon coast near Nestucca Beach on December 17, 1900 (p. 62). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 310-ton steam schooner Point Loma stranded on Long Beach, Washington, near Seaview on February 28, 1896, while en route from Grays Harbor for San Francisco with lumber and in charge of Capt. Conway. The coastal lumber carrier had been struck the previous day by one of the worst gales of the year. At midnight the engine broke down, the sails blew away and the wooden hull began leaking so badly that the boiler fires were extinguished. As the wind and high seas carried her toward the beach, rockets were fired, alerting the Fort Canby lifesaving crew. High seas made it impossible to launch the surf boat, but a line fired from the beach reached the grounded steamer and the 17-man crew was rescued by breeches buoy. The Point Loma, which became a total loss, was one of the early vessels of her type built at San Francisco in 1888, showing sailing ship lines, two masts with fore-and-aft sails and a swinging cargo gaff. She was the first to establish regularly scheduled steamship service between that port and Grays Harbor. At the time of her loss she was owned by the Grays Harbor Commercial Co., an association of the mill owners belonging to the Pacific Pine Lumber co., which operated a large lumber mill at Cosmopolis, Washington (p. 6). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

In July 1897, the Portland brought the first load of gold from the Yukon gold fields to Seattle (p. 12). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The President was built in 1907 for the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. She was a single-screw vessel of 5,453 tons, originally built as a coal-burner and having a very tall funnel. She was built by the New York Shipbuilding Co. at Camden, NJ. She serviced the run between Puget Sound, Victoria, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, developing a heavy trade in citrus fruits between southern California and Puget Sound (p. 138). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Formerly the Bay State, the President Madison was one of five 25,000-deadweight ton passenger and freight liners of the "535" class allocated by the U.S. Shipping Board in 1921 for operation by the Admiral Line between Puget Sound and the Orient. (pg. 317) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Prince Henry was one of three passenger liners from British yards that arrived in Vancouver in 1930 to provide passenger service between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. The other ships were the Prince David and the Prince Robert. The Prince Henry was the first of the trio of ships to arrive in Vancouver on June 21, 1930 (p. 400). This service ended in 1931. The Prince Henry left Vancouver in November 1931 on a cruise to Halifax and subsequent East Coast service (p. 409). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Princess Beatrice was built in 1903 by the British Columbia Marine Railway at Victoria. She was a wooden vessel of 1,290 tons powered by a single reciprocating engine of 1,392 horsepower, giving her a speed of 13 knots. She was the first new vessel to enter the Canadian Pacific Railway service (p. 90). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Princess Elaine was constructed by the John Brown yards on the Clyde in England. She was put into service in May of 1928 on the Nanaimo-Vancouver service. She was a triple-screw turbine steamer of 2,027 tons (p. 384). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Princess Elizabeth was built by the Fairfield Co. of Glasgow, Scotland, for the B.C. Coast Service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was put into service in 1930 and was in service until 1959 (p. 634). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The S.S. Princess Kathleen was launched in September of 1924 and was owned and operated by Canadian Pacific Steamships. She arrived at Victoria in 1925 from the builder's yards in Clydebank, Scotland. Princess Kathleen transported passengers between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. She was requisitioned by the Royal Canadian Navy as a troop ship during World War II. The Kathleen met her fate in 1952 when she struck Point Lena rock near Juneau, Alaska, during a storm, became stranded, and sank upon being freed from the rock. All aboard the ship at the time of the wreck survived.

The Princess Marguerite was built by the John Brown yards on the Clyde in England for the B.C. Coast Service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The older Princess Marguerite was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean in 1942. The new Princess Marguerite was put in service in 1949, having been designed for day service on the Seattle-Victoria-Vancouver international triangle run during the summer months. She and her sister ship, the Princess Patricia, were of 5,911 tons and were powered by twin-screw steam turbo-electric drive (p. 561). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Princess Norah, designed for West Coast of Vancouver Island freight and passenger service, was a single-screw, single-stack vessel of 2,731 tons with a service speed of 16 knots. She was equipped to carry 700 day passengers or 179 in 61 staterooms. A product of the Fairfield yard in Glasgow, Scotland, her maiden voyage was April 1928. Later renamed the Queen of the North (pp. 384-385). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Provided ferry service for the Vancouver-Nanaimo, B.C., run. Built in Glasgow, Scotland (p. 627). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Princess Patricia was built by the Fairfield Co. of Glasgow, Scotland, for the B.C. Coast Service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. She entered service in 1949 for the Seattle-Victoria-Vancouver international triangle run during the summer months (p. 561). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The S.S. Princess Sophia was built in 1912 at Paisley, England, by Bow, McLachlan, & Co. for Canadian Pacific Railway. She was a single-screw steel steamship designed for service from Vancouver and Victoria to northern British Columbia ports and Alaska. She was 245 feet in length with a 44-foot beam. (pg. 204) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). The Princess Sophia was wrecked and sank near Vanderbilt Reef in Alaska in October 1918. Over 350 passengers and crew were aboard at the time; none survived the wreck. Information from the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park website.

Built in 1898 at Port Townsend, WA (p. 32). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

There were multiple ships named Queen.

Put into service ca. 1929 on the Seattle-Port Townsend run and then the new Edmonds-Port Townsend route (p. 402). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 673 ton, four-masted schooner R.C. Slade was constructed in 1900 at Aberdeen, WA, by John Lindstrom. She was sunk by the German Navy in 1917 (p. 58 and p. 293). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The 337-ton lumber schooner Reporter, built by Hall Bros. in 1876 when their yard was still located at Port Ludlow, was wrecked March 13, 1902, south of Grays Harbor (p. 83). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Built in 1902 in Hoquiam, Washington, by Hitchings & Joyce.

The Rosalie was a wooden propeller steamer built in Alameda, CA, in 1893. She was sent north for the Puget Sound-Alaska route. She was soon placed into service on the Victoria run (p. 14). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Rosecrans was a screw steamer built by Barclay, Curle, & Co. in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1883 as the Methven Castle. She was renamed Columbia in 1897 and finally, the Rosecrans in 1898. This ship was acquired by the U.S. military as a US Army Transport (U.S.A.T.) ship, used to transport troops to the Philippines during the Philippine-American War. The Rosecrans was converted to a tanker in 1902. She was wrecked off of Astoria, Oregon, on January 7, 1913. Notes from the Caledonian Maritime Research Trust and Paul Silverstone's "The New Navy, 1883-1922" (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2006).

The schooner Ruby A. Cousins, Seattle for Valdez, was wrecked October 16, 1900, at the entrance of Prince William Sound, but was salvaged and renamed Harold Blekum (p. 62). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Grays Harbor tug Ryba of the Allman Hubble Tug Boat Co., (a 66 -foot steamer built at Alameda, Calif. in 1902), capsized on the bar while heading back after taking a pilot to an incoming ship April 30, 1925. Although the Etna Maru, aboard which the Ryba had just placed Pilot Charles Hanson, the Lake Frances, the dredge Culebra , and the tug John Cudahy were all nearby, only Capt. Samuel A. Anderson, master of the tug, could be saved. Basil Hubble, engineer and brother of Frank and Alonzo Hubble, owners of the tug, Harry Hubble, Jr., a nephew, the vessel's fireman, and deckhand Phillip Barnes, went down with the capsized tug (p. 368). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The San Juan, a 284-ton fishing steamer, 118 feet in length, was built in 1904 at Seattle by Sloan & Hill for the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co., later passing to Libby, McNeill, and Libby (p. 106). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The wood passenger and freight steamer Santa Clara was built at Everett in 1900 as the John S. Kimball. She was 1,588 tons. On November 2, 1915, she was wrecked and destroyed off the coast of Coos Bay, with the loss of 16 lives (p. 145 and p. 256). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

The Sarah was built in 1898 by the Howard shipyard at Jeffersonville, Indiana, using molds from the Ohio river boats Bluff City and Dolphin No. 3. Along with her sister ships, Susie and Hannah, she was shipped in sections to Unalaska, where she was assembled by the Alaska Commercial Co. and proceeded from there to St. Michael and the Yukon under her own power. They were spectacular boats in the grand tradition of the Western river packets, particularly at night when they made their fast passages up and down the desolate Yukon with decks and cabins ablaze with lights. Their niceties included spacious mahogany paneled dining salons and two and three-berth staterooms to accommodate 150 first-class passengers. She was out of service by 1920 (p. 29 and p. 309). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

In July 1897, the steam tug Sea Lion was chartered by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper to take reporters to intercept the Portland upon her arrival at Cape Flattery to investigate rumors that a large quantity of gold was aboard, being brought down from the Yukon. At that time, the Sea Lion was owned by Puget Sound Tug Boat company at Port Townsend (p. 12). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).