Ships subject file photograph and drawing collection, approximately 1826-2000

Overview of the Collection

Compiler
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
Title
Ships subject file photograph and drawing collection
Dates
approximately 1826-2000 (inclusive)
approximately 1870-1960 (bulk)
Quantity
Photographic prints and drawings (583 images; 3 boxes and 1 oversize box) : 2 cyanotypes ; various sizes
Collection Number
PH1290
Summary
Photographs and illustrations of ships organized by ship name
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English

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Photographs and illustrations of ships organized by ship name.

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Processing Note

Processed by Elaine Carter, 2019; Kate Norgon, 2020.

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Container(s) Description Dates
S.S. Acapulco
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).
Box/Folder item
1/1 Acapulco1 1962
U.S.S. Adams
Box/Folder item
1/1 Adams1 1903
Admiral Benson
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.
Box/Folder item
1/1 AdmiralBenson1 Between 1927 and 1930
A.J. West
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).
Box/Folder item
2/17 R.C.Slade1
Schooners R.C. Slade and A.J. West docked at the Slade Mill, Aberdeen, Washington
Written on photo: No. 2. Shipping at Aberdeen Washington.Written on verso: 4 m. sch. R.C. SLADE, 4 m. sch. A.J. WEST at the Slade Mill, Aberdeen, W.T. Wishkah & Chehalis Rivers. G.R. Weinstein.
Between 1900 and 1917
Alameda
Box/Folder item
1/1 Alameda1 Between 1911 and December 1931?
1/1 Alameda2 Between 1910 and November 1931?
1/1 Alameda3 November 28, 1931
U.S.S. Albatross
Box/Folder item
1/1 Albatross1
Officers of the U.S.S. Albatross on return trip from Alaska
Written on verso: Ensigns S.V. Graham, Yates Stirling (?), Lt. M. Guinness (?), + H.L. Fassett (?), Chamberlain, Lt. H.E. Parmenter, Capt. Moser, Dr Louis Young, Paymaster B.P. Du Boise. Officers of U.S.S. ALBATROSS Return from trip in Alaskan waters, October, 1897. Zoe Agnes Semple.
October 1897
Alcazar
Box/Folder item
1/1 Alcazar1
Steam schooner Alcazar in Hoquiam Bay, Washington
Written on verso: St. Sch. ALCAZAR in the Hoquiam River.
Between 1887 and June 10, 1907
Aleut
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.
Box/Folder item
1/1 Aleut1 Between 1898 and 1930?
Aleutian
Box/Folder item
1/1 Aleutian1 Between 1926 and 1929?
Alice
Box/Folder item
1/2 Alice1 Between 1895 and 1910?
1/2 Alice2 Between 1920 and 1955?
Alice Ross
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).
Box/Folder item
1/2 AliceRoss1 Between 1935 and 1950?
Alki
There were multiple ships named Alki.
Box/Folder item
1/2 AlkiA1
Steamship Alki on Skykomish River, Washington
This was the first steamer up Skykomish River.
1878
1/2 Al-KiB1
Steamship Al-Ki
The steamship Al-Ki (built in 1884) was owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. She participated in the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897 and operated on various routes including Seattle to Southeast Alaska until she was laid up in Eagle Harbor in 1909. In 1912, she was purchased and, along with two other vessels owned by Dodwell & Co., serviced Sitka and the Prince of Wales Islands beginning in 1914. On November 1, 1917 during a storm she ran aground near Point Augusta, Alaska.
Between 1884 and 1917
1/2 AlkiC1
Fireboat Alki
The Alki was a fireboat of steel construction built for the city of Seattle and launched in 1927 or 1928 from Oakland, California. Her dimensions were 123.6 x 26 x 11.6. She was originally propelled by triple screws and seven 350-horsepower Winton gas engines. Six of those gas engines were connected to the water pumps, and only 1 was reserved for propulsion. Her equipment included a hydraulically operated elevator monitor tower, and her pumps could throw 17,000 gallons of water per minute (p. 384). Ivar Haglund helped to preserve her by pestering the Seattle fire chief (p. 532). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1966).
Between 1927 and 1950?
Amazon
Box/Folder item
1/2 Amazon1 April 22, 1908
1/2 Amazon2 Between 1902 and July 4, 1925?
Amelia
Box/Folder item
1/2 Amelia1 Between 1883 and 1903
Amelia Wheaton
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).
Box/Folder item
1/3 AmeliaWheaton1 Between 1878 and 1890?
Armeria
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/
item
Armeria1
Lighthouse tender Armeria, Alaska
between 1911 and 1912
Annette Rolph
Box/Folder item
1/3 AnnetteRolph1 Between 1918 and 1930?
Aquilo
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).
Box/Folder item
1/3 Aquilo1 1909?
1/3 Aquilo2 1909?
1/3 Aquilo3 Between 1909 and 1912?
3/4 Triton3
Steamships Triton and Aquilo, probably on Lake Washington
Filed under Triton subseries.
Between 1909 and 1938
Arago
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).
Box/Folder item
1/3 Arago1 Between 1891 and 1914
1/3 Arago2 Between 1891 and 1914
Arrow
Box/Folder item
1/3 Arrow1 1909?
1/3 Arrow2 1909?
Arthur Foss
Box/Folder item
1/3 ArthurFoss1
Tugboat Arthur Foss
Dick Whittington (Photographer)
Written on verso: The tug "Arthur Foss" which played the part of the "Narcissus" in Marie Dressler's last and greatest motion picture - "Tugboat Annie."
Between 1929 and 1942?
1/10 Constitution2 1933
Athlon
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).
Box/Folder item
1/3 Athlon1 Between 1900 and 1921
Atlanta
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).
Box/Folder item
1/4 Atlanta1 Between 1908 and 1912?
1/4 Atlanta2 Between 1908 and 1920?
Azalea
Box/Folder item
1/4 Azalea1 April 1939
U.S.S. Babbitt
Box/Folder item
1/4 Babbitt1
U.S.S. Babbitt (DD-128)
The ship behind the U.S.S. Babbitt is most likely the U.S.S. Twiggs (DD-127).
Between 1918 and 1940?
Bailey Gatzert
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).
Box/Folder item
1/4 BaileyGatzert1 1905
1/4 BaileyGatzert2 June 11, 1911
1/4 BaileyGatzert3 June 28, 1912
1/4 BaileyGatzert4 Between 1891 and 1926
3/3 T.J.Potter4
Sidewheel steamer T.J. Potter, sternwheel steamer Bailey Gatzert, and sternwheel steamer Ramona
Written on photo: Three popular Portland excursion steamers.Filed under T.J. Potter subseries.
Between 1888 and 1921
U.S.S. Baltimore
Box/Folder item
1/4 Baltimore1 Between 1885 and 1900?
Beaver
There were multiple ships called Beaver.
Box/Folder item
1/5 BeaverA1
Steamship Beaver
Jeffries (Photographer)
The Beaver was a Canadian steamer. She was the "first steam vessel to ply the North Pacific" (p. 369). She was lost on Prospect Point in 1888 while under the command of Captain George Marchant. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1875 and 1888?
1/5 BeaverA2
Photo of steamship Beaver Christmas card tacked to wall
The Beaver was a Canadian steamer. She was the "first steam vessel to ply the North Pacific" (p. 369). She was lost on Prospect Point in 1888 while under the command of Captain George Marchant. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1855 and 1888
1/5 BeaverA3
Wreck of the steamship Beaver at Prospect Point, British Columbia
The Beaver was a Canadian steamer. She was the "first steam vessel to ply the North Pacific" (p. 369). She was lost on Prospect Point in 1888 while under the command of Captain George Marchant. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
1888?
1/5 BeaverA4
Photo of wreck of steamship Beaver tacked to wall
The Beaver was a Canadian steamer. She was the "first steam vessel to ply the North Pacific" (p. 369). She was lost on Prospect Point in 1888 while under the command of Captain George Marchant. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1888 and 1950?
1/5 BeaverA5
Mural of steamship Beaver by Kenneth Callahan at the Washington State Library in Olympia, Washington
The Beaver was a Canadian steamer. She was the "first steam vessel to ply the North Pacific" (p. 369). She was lost on Prospect Point in 1888 while under the command of Captain George Marchant. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1958 and 2000?
1/5 BeaverB1
Beaver and other boats at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle
Fisherman's Terminal opened in 1914.
Between 1914 and 1959?
1/5 BeaverB2 Between 1914 and 1959?
Bella
Box/Folder item
1/5 Bella1
Steamship Bella in the Klondike
Written on photo: Steamer "Bella's" first landing at Klondike.
Between 1896 and 1899?
Blue Ox
Box/Folder item
1/5 BlueOx1
Blue Ox
Written on verso: Used in clearing project for Coulee Dam.
1940?
Breakwater
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).
Box/Folder item
1/6 Breakwater1 Between 1890 and 1920?
Burnside
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.
Box/Folder item
1/6 Burnside1
U.S. Army Transport cable ship Burnside
Written on verso: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Burnside." Geo. Leonhardt served on this around 1905 or so. Geo. was my grandfather's son by Lida Hasford(?). Contrary to what is written on the verso, this is not the Coast Guard ship.
Between 1899 and 1923
S.S. Burton
The S.S. Burton was owned by the Kitsap Transportation Co. She was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1924.
Box/Folder item
1/6 Burton1
Ferry S.S. Burton in Doe Bay, Washington
Hall (Photographer)
Written on photo: S. S. Burton, Doe Bay, Wash. No. 8, Hall photo.
Between 1905 and February 22, 1924
California
Box/Folder item
1/6 California1
Drawing of sailing ship California
Image published p. 48 of Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest by E.W. White, ed. (Portland: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co.).
1853
Carol Foss
Box/Folder item
2/21 ShannonFoss1
Tugboats Shannon Foss and Carol Foss
Filed under Shannon Foss subseries.
Between 1957 and 1997
Carpenter
Box/Folder item
1/6 Carpenter1
U.S. Engineer Department tug Carpenter departing for Nome, Alaska
Written on photo: Tug Carpenter and Scow No. 1 before loading for Nome, Alaska.
June 1, 1933
Box/Folder
1/6
Casca
Name derived from the Kaska Dena people who have lived in British Columbia and the Yukon since time immemorial.
Built in 1898, she was described in company records as being so "practically worn out and useless..." that she was rebuilt almost completely in 1911. She was wrecked at Rink Rapids on July 9th, 1936.
between 1898 and 1911?
Cascade
Box/Folder item
1/6 Cascade1 Between 1885 and 1910?
Catala
Box/Folder item
1/6 Catala1 July 5, 1962
C.D. Dorr
Box/Folder item
1/6 C.D.Dorr1 Between 1890 and 1920?
Charles Nelson
Box/Folder item
1/6 CharlesNelson1 1900
Chas. R. Spencer
Box/Folder item
1/4 BaileyGatzert1 1905
Charmer
Box/Folder item
1/7 Charmer1 December 1908
1/7 Charmer2 December 1908
Chelohsin
Box/Folder item
1/7 Chelohsin1 1949
MV Chetzemoka
Box/Folder item
1/7 Chetzemoka1 Between 1938 and 1970?
U.S.S. Chicago
box-folder:oversize item
SOS1/1 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.
1893?
City of Bremerton
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).
Box/Folder item
1/7 CityofBremerton1-2 Between 1921 and 1936
City of Everett
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.
Box/Folder item
1/7 CityofEverett1
Whaleback steamer City of Everett
Caption from Seattle Times article: Under way at full speed, the City of Everett presented a startling appearance, almost that of a ship foundering in a heavy sea. Vintage print in University of Detroit Mercy Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection.
Between 1894 and 1923
1/7 CityofEverett2
Whaleback steamer City of Everett in dry dock at Dockton, Vashon Island, Washington
Vintage print in Mariners' Museum Collection, Virginia (P0001.003/01-#PB4707)
Between 1894 and 1923
1/7 CityofEverett3 February 18, 1895
City of Kingston
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.
Box/Folder item
1/7 CityofKingston1 Between 1890 and 1900
City of Los Angeles
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.
Box/Folder item
1/7 CityofLosAngeles1 Between 1922 and 1937
1/7 CityofLosAngeles2 Between 1922 and 1937
City of Puebla
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.
Box/Folder item
1/8 CityofPuebla1-2 Between 1889 and 1910?
1/8 CityofPuebla3-4 Between 1889 and 1910?
1/8 CityofPuebla5 Between 1889 and 1910?
1/8 CityofPuebla6 Between 1889 and 1910?
City of Seattle
There were multiple ships named City of Seattle.
Box/Folder item
1/8 CityofSeattleA1
Passenger steamship City of Seattle
The City of Seattle was built in Philadelphia and brought to the Pacific Northwest on orders of Captain D.B. Jackson in 1890 for the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. The City of Seattle provided ferry service in Puget Sound on the Victoria route until 1897. During the Klondike Gold Rush, the City of Seattle ran on the Alaska route, and was known as the "Alaska Lightning Express." She was sold to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in 1901. In 1904, the ship hit a rock near Eagle Harbor and was remodeled and refurnished with steel by 1914. In 1921, she was moved to the East Coast after being bought by C.L. Dimon of Florida for the Miami Steamship Company. After many years of service the ship was sold and scrapped in Philadelphia in 1937.
Between 1890 and 1921
1/8 CityofSeattleA2
Passenger steamship City of Seattle at a dock
The City of Seattle was built in Philadelphia and brought to the Pacific Northwest on orders of Captain D.B. Jackson in 1890 for the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. The City of Seattle provided ferry service in Puget Sound on the Victoria route until 1897. During the Klondike Gold Rush, the City of Seattle ran on the Alaska route, and was known as the "Alaska Lightning Express." She was sold to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in 1901. In 1904, the ship hit a rock near Eagle Harbor and was remodeled and refurnished with steel by 1914. In 1921, she was moved to the East Coast after being bought by C.L. Dimon of Florida for the Miami Steamship Company. After many years of service the ship was sold and scrapped in Philadelphia in 1937.
1899
1/8 CityofSeattleB1
Steam ferry City of Seattle docked at Martinez, California
The steam-driven sidewheeler City of Seattle was built in Portland, Oregon in 1888 by John Steffen, for the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company. She officially entered into service between Seattle and West Seattle on New Year's Eve 1888. Notes from M.S. Kline's Ferryboats: A Legend on Puget Sound (Seattle: Bayless Books, 1983). This double ended vehicle ferry was sold in 1913 to the Martinez and Benicia Ferry Co. in California (p. 96). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1946
Clallam
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.
Box/Folder item
1/9 Clallam1 Between 1903 and January 8, 1904
Clan McDonald
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.
Box/Folder item
1/9 ClanMcDonald1 Between 1891 and 1902
1/9 ClanMcDonald2 Between 1891 and 1902
Clifford Sifton
Box/Folder item
1/9 CliffordSifton1
Clifford Sifton in Miles Canyon Rapids, Yukon Territory
Her captain was Capt. George M. Shaver.
Between 1899 and 1900
Coeur d'Alene
Box/Folder item
1/9 Coeurd'Alene1 between 1880 and 1910?
Colfax
100 ft shallow draft propeller steamer, built along with Spokane in 1902 to serve lumber trade on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Box/Folder item
1/9 Colfax1 1903
1/9 Colfax2
Steamship Colfax, probably on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Written on verso: "Colfax" approaching dock.
Between 1902 and 1908?
1/9 Colfax3 Between 1902 and 1908?
U.S.S. Colorado
Box/Folder item
2/9 Nebraska5
Ships U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Colorado, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and U.S.S. Wisconsin at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington
Written on verso: The Big Four. Advance guard of U.S. naval rendezvous scheduled for North Pacific Ocean this summer on arrival of Atlantic fleet under Admiral Evans. Scene at Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton opposite Seattle). Reading from left to right: Battleship Nebraska, Armored Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania, Battleship Wisconsin.Filed under Nebraska subseries.
Between 1905 and 1916
Columbia
There were multiple ships named Columbia.The Columbia Rediviva and the Columbia are the same ship.
Box/Folder item
1/9 ColumbiaA1
Illustration of Captain Gray ashore at Whampoa showing the ship Columbia
George Davidson (artist)
From: Voyages of the "Columbia" to the Northwest Coast 1787-1790 and 1790-1793, edited by Frederic W. Howay.George Davidson was the ship's artist.
January 1793
1/9 ColumbiaA2
Illustration of ship Columbia
George Davidson (artist)
Written on verso: Columbia Rediviva.
Between 1773 and 1806
1/9 ColumbiaA3
Illustration of ship Columbia
Written on verso: Columbia Rediviva.
Between 1773 and 1806
1/9 ColumbiaA4
Columbia
Written on photo: Ship Columbia, Capt. Robert Gray, and the Boston Brig Hancock, Capt. Crowell.
Between 1773 and 1806
1/9 ColumbiaB1 Between 1905 and 1915?
1/9 ClanMcDonald1 Between 1891 and 1902
Commerce
Box/Folder item
3/7 Wasp1 Between 1904 and 1925
Concordia
Box/Folder item
1/10 Concordia1 Between 1930 and 1950?
U.S.S. Constitution
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).
Box/Folder item
1/10 Constitution1 1933
box-folder:oversize
SOS1/1 Constitution2 1933
S.S. Coquitlam
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).
Box/Folder item
1/10 Coquitlam1 1949
S.S. Corwin
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3/2 Thetis1 Between 1881 and 1916
Cosmopolis
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1/11 Cosmopolis1 Between 1887 and 1895?
1/11 Cosmopolis2 Between 1887 and 1895?
Cyrene
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1/11 Cyrene1
Passenger steamer Cyrene on Lake Washington
Rebuilt by Capt. Anderson for service to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) from Lake Washington.
Between 1891 and 1914?
Dakota
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1/11 Dakota1 Between 1904 and March 3, 1907
1/11 Dakota2
Wreck of the steamship Dakota in Japan
Written on verso: Great Northern liner wrecked on Osano Reef, Japan.
1907
U.S.S. Dale
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SOS1/1 Dale1 1903
Danmark
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).
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SOS1/1 Danmark1
Danish schooner Danmark in Puget Sound, Washington
Written on verso: (Seagulls eye view) Capt. Hansen and boys on deck.
December 20, 1946
SOS1/1 Danmark2 December 20, 1946
SOS1/1 Danmark3
Danish schooner Danmark
December 20, 1946
David Campbell
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).
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1/11 DavidCampbell1 Between 1913 and 1928
Dawn
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1/11 Dawn1
Steamboat Dawn at dock
Built by Capt. Anderson who operated the Anderson Steamboat Co. that ran ferries on Lake Washington.
1925
U.S.S. Decatur
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.
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1/11 Decatur1
Drawing of U.S.S. Decatur
Written on front: Beating round "Cape Froward:" Straits of Magellan, Dec: 1854. J.Y.T.
1854?
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SOS1/1 Decatur2
Drawing of U.S.S. Decatur
Written on front: U.S. Sloop-of-War "Decatur" Length: 117' 7" ~ Beam: 33' 10" ~ Depth in Hold: 15' ~ Burthen: 566 tons. ~ 16 guns ~ Ship's Company: 145 men. Built, N. York Navy Yard, 1839; Sold out of Navy; Broken up at S. Francisco 1865.
1854?
SOS1/1 Decatur3
Drawing of U.S.S. Decatur in Seattle
Albert H. Robinson and A.Y. Jackson (Artist)
Buildings along shoreline labeled: 1st M.E. Church. Lake Trail & Skidroad. North Block House~Oct. '55. The Mound. Yesler's Mill, Wharf, House. Elliot House. Hotel. South Block House~Feby. '56. Madame Damnable's. local legend has it that she was so wicked that she turned to stone when buried! S.W. Pl. Written on front: Seattle, Washington Territory ~~ 1855-1856.....A village of fifty souls & about thirty houses on Duwamish Bay, swelled to about one-hundred & seventy men, women & children during the Indian Troubles, the reluctant hosts of some eighty odd border ruffians.....
Between 1855 and 1856
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SOS1/1 Decatur4
The U.S.S. Decatur
Another copy of this photo is in the Prosch Seattle Views Album, Vol. 2, page 22. From a caption beneath that photo: This is a picture taken at one of the Atlantic Yards when the vessel was new, and when she seemed to have more guns
between 1855 and 1859
Defiance
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.
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1/12 DefianceA1
Schooner Defiance under construction at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: DEFIANCE in frame at Hoquiam, W.T.
1897
1/12 DefianceA2 1897
1/12 DefianceA3
Schooner Defiance under construction at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: Vessel building - in frame - may be DEFIANCE at Hoquiam, W.T.
1897
1/12 DefianceA4 1897
1/12 DefianceA5 1897
1/12 DefianceA6
Schooner Defiance being readied for launch at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: 4 m. sch. DEFIANCE being spaired [sic], ready for launch - Hoquiam River, W.T.
1897
1/12 DefianceA7 1897
1/12 DefianceA8 1897
1/12 DefianceA9 1897
1/12 DefianceA10 1897
1/12 DefianceB1-B3
Steamship Defiance
The Defiance was built in 1901 by Matthew McDowell at Tacoma to replace the Dauntless on the Seattle-Tacoma-West Pass run. Defiance was 93' long. In about 1913, she was was sold to the Kingston Transportation Company, which renamed her Kingston and put her on a route between Ballard, Washington and Kingston.
Between 1901 and 1913
Del Norte
There were multiple ships named Del Norte.
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1/13 DelNorteA1
Watercolor painting of the wreck of the Del Norte in British Columbia
Written on painting: Wreck of the Del Norte. [illegible] S. by E. - Low water - morning 27th Oct. 1868. Looking from Gulf of Georgia through Porlier's Pass into Trincomali Channel.
1868
1/13 DelNorteB1
Steamship Del Norte loaded with lumber
The Del Norte was a steam schooner constructed in 1888. She towed a group of river steamers from Seattle to Alaska in 1898 (p. 29). She sank in 1905 after colliding with the steam schooner Sea Foam off the entrance to the Coquille River (p. 115). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1888 and 1905
Diamond Cement
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).
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1/13 DiamondCement1 1951
Dirigo
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.
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1/13 Dirigo1
Passenger-carrying schooner Dirigo leaving Hoquiam, Washington, under tow for San Francisco for the installation of steam engines
Written on verso: ASTORIA ex DIRIGO leaving Hoquiam, under tow, for S.F. where engines were installed - Built 1898.
1898?
Discovery
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1/13 Discovery1
Illustration of the sailing ship Discovery in Puget Sound, Washington
Depiction of George Vancouver's ship Discovery during a voyage to the North Pacific Ocean and Pacific coast of North America, 1792.Written on painting: The Discovery off Blakely Rocks. The first vessel on Puget Sound, 1792. Copyright applied for by S.E. Coombs. Vancouver, master.
1792
Dix
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.
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1/13 Dix1
Passenger steamer Dix
Photographer possibly Webster & Stevens. Information from Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society.
Between 1904 and 1906
Dolphin
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).
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1/13 Dolphin1 Between 1892 and 1917
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SOS1/2 Dolphin2
Steamship Dolphin covered in ice in Juneau, Alaska
Written on verso: Capt. O'Brien.
January 18, 1901
SOS1/2 Dolphin3
Steamship Dolphin docked at Juneau, Alaska and covered in ice
Written on verso: Capt. Johnnie O'Brien of Seattle, Wash.
January 18, 1901
SOS1/2 Dolphin4 January 18, 1901
Dora
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.
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1/14 Dora1 Between 1880 and 1920
D.R. Campbell
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2/20 SeattleNo.3
Sternwheel steamboats Seattle No. 3 and D.R. Campbell
Filed under Seattle No. 3 subseries.
Between 1898 and 1927
Duwamish
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.
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1/14 Duwamish1 Between 1909 and 1920?
Duxbury
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).
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1/14 Duxbury1 1925?
Container(s) Description Dates
Eagle
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1/14 Eagle1 Between 1900 and 1907?
1/14 Eagle2 Between 1900 and 1907?
East African
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1/14 EastAfrican1 Between 1895 and 1915?
Edith
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.
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1/15 Edith1 Between 1882 and 1915
Electra
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.
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1/15 Electra1
Sailing ship Electra
Between 1877 and 1894
Eliza Anderson
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.
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1/15 ElizaAnderson1
Sidewheel steamboat Eliza Anderson
This is the ship in later years, with forward deck enclosed, with upper deck extended fully to bow.
July 12, 1884
1/15 ElizaAnderson2 1897?
Elk
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1/15 Elk1 Between 1898 and 1910?
Emily Keller
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SOS1/2 EmilyKeller1-2 Between 1902 and 1909?
Emma
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1/15 Emma1
Passenger launch Emma in Elliott Bay
Denny Hotel, also known as Washington Hotel, in the background.
Between 1902 and 1909?
R.M.S. Empress of Russia
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.
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1/15 EmpressofRussia1
R.M.S. Empress of Russia in Vancouver Harbor
Written on verso: The R.M.S. "Empress of Russia" passing out of the harbor of Vancouver. In the foreground may be seen the nine-mile drive which encircles the Park.
Between 1913 and 1940
Enetai
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1/15 Enetai1 Between 1940 and 1968
Eric
Built in Port Blakely, Washington, in 1898 by Hall Bros.
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1/15 Eric1 Between 1898 and 1925?
Eureka
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1/16 Eureka1 1910?
Exact
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1/16 Exact1
Drawing of the schooner Exact
Written below drawing: Schooner "Exact." Captain Folger. Length 73 ft. Beam 20 ft. Depth 6 ft. 75 tons. The "Exact" arrived at Alki Point Nov. 13, 1851 bringing the families of A.A. Denny, C.D. Boren, I.N. Low, W.N. Bell and C.O. Terry. She arrived at Olympia Nov. 15, 1851 with John Alexander and family. Drawn from a sketch by John S. Alexander.
Between 1851 and 1950
Excelsior
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1/16 Excelsior1
Steamer Excelsior leaving San Francisco for the Klondike
Sam C. Partridge (photographer)
Written on photo: Leaving San Francisco for the Klondike. - The first steamer to carry passengers to Alaska after the news of the discovery of the rich placers of the Klondike was received, was the Excelsior, which sailed from San Francisco on July 28, 1897. She was laden with 350 passengers and about 800 tons of provisions and supplies. Fully 10,000 persons gathered at Mission Street wharf to see the first part of gold seekers depart. The Excelsior was the vessel which brought from Alaska the miners who returned with the first gold from the Klondike. There were about $500,000 in gold dust and a considerable number of prospective millionaires in the party.
July 28, 1897
E-Z-Way
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1/16 E-Z-Way1
Small boat E-Z-Way in profile
Cyanotype.
Between 1880 and 1930?
1/16 E-Z-Way2
Passengers aboard small boat E-Z-Way
Cyanotype.
Between 1880 and 1930?
Falcon
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1/16 Falcon1 Between 1860 and 1930?
Fantome
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.
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1/16 Fantome1 Between 1939 and 1945
Fleetwood
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.
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1/17 Fleetwood1
Steamship Fleetwood
Written on verso: Brought fire fighting equipment from Olympia.
Between 1881 and 1898
Flottbek
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1/17 Flottbek1
Sailing vessel Flottbek foundering off the Washington coast
The photograph shows the Flottbek shortly before it was rescued from a dangerous situation by the two tugs, Tacoma and Wanderer. The rescue happened on January 16th 1901, so the photograph must have been taken between January 14th and 16th, 1901. The photographer is unknown, but it is highly probable the photograph was taken by Wilhelm Hester. There is a similar photo in the Wilhelm Hester Photo Collection of the San Francisco Maritime National Park.Written on verso: German ship? at Ozette Rock.
January 1901
Flyer
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1/17 Flyer1-2 Between October 11, 1906 and 1936
Flying Fish
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SOS1/3 FlyingFish1
Plan drawing for schooner Flying Fish profile view with ship's dimensions
Hewitt Robinson Jackson (Artist)
Written below drawing: A Draught of His Majesty's Schooner Flying Fish, ex Prize Revenge, built at Baltimore and taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard in September 1806. Courtesy: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England (64-4546-7-8). Delineated & Respectfully Inscribed to ye Gentlemen at ye Sign of ye Smuggler's; H. Robinson Jackson.
1972
SOS1/3 FlyingFish2
Plan drawing for schooner Flying Fish cross-section, with details of launch and anchor
Hewitt Robinson Jackson (Artist)
Drawing of ship as it was in September 1806.
1972
SOS1/3 FlyingFish3
Plan drawing for schooner Flying Fish cross-section profile
Hewitt Robinson Jackson (Artist)
Written below drawing: Plans of His Majesty's Schooner Flying Fish ex Revenge as taken off in September 1806.
1972
Fortuna
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).
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1/17 Fortuna1 1906?
1/17 Fortuna2
Passenger steamer Fortuna at a dock on Lake Washington
This may have been taken at Kirkland.
1906?
1/17 Fortuna3 1906?
1/17 Fortuna4
Fortuna on Lake Washington after conversion to automobile ferry
Written on verso: Ferry to Mercer Island.
Between 1919 and 1928?
1/17 Fortuna5 Between 1906 and 1919
1/17 Fortuna6 Between 1906 and 1919
Fram
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.
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1/18 Fram1 March 1895
Gardiner City
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.
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1/18 GardinerCity1
Barkentine Gardiner City at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: 4 m. bald-header Gardiner City at Hoquiam, W.T.
Between 1889 and 1895?
General J.W. Jacobs
The General J.W. Jacobs was a sternwheel steamer built in 1908 in Portland, Oregon, for the Army Quartermaster Department.
Between 1908 and 1940?
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1/18 GeneralJ.W.Jacobs1 Between 1910 and 1933?
Genevieve
Built for the Sesnon Lighterage Co. of Nome in 1913.
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1/18 Genevieve1 Between 1913 and 1950?
George E. Starr
148 foot wooden steamer built in 1878 in Seattle for the Puget Sound service.
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1/18 GeorgeE.Starr1
Sidewheel steamer George E. Starr docked at Seattle
Shows the Arlington Hotel on University St. to the right.
1894
1/18 GeorgeE.Starr2 Between 1879 and 1921
1/18 GeorgeE.Starr3
Sidewheel steamer George E. Starr and North Pacific south of Wall St. dock, Seattle
Written on verso: Geo. E. Starr, built 1879, n. side Yesler's Wharf. N. Pacific raced the Olympia June 27, 1871 Victoria to Port Townsend winning in 2 hrs & 41 min.
Between 1900 and 1907
1/18 GeorgeE.Starr4
Sidewheel steamer George E. Starr and North Pacific in the Seattle Harbor
Denny Hotel, also known as Washington Hotel, visible in the background.Written on verso: Geo. E. Starr, built 1879, n. side Yesler's Wharf. N. Pacific raced the Olympia June 27, 1871 Victoria to Port Townsend winning in 2 hrs & 41 min.
Between 1890 and 1910
Georgie Oakes
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1/19 GeorgieOakes1 Between 1891 and 1920?
1/19 GeorgieOakes2 Between 1891 and 1920?
Gjoa
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.
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1/19 Gjoa1 Between 1909 and 1972
1/19 Gjoa2 Between 1909 and 1972
Gleaner
There were multiple ships named Gleaner.
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1/19 GleanerA1
Sternwheel steamer Gleaner docked at the Seattle waterfront
Written on verso: Gleaner of Mount Vernon.
Between 1907 and 1940?
3/2 T.C.Reed1 Between 1901 and 1918
3/9 W.J.Patterson1
Four-masted schooner W.J. Patterson and three-masted barkentine Gleaner at Northwest Lumber Co. dock on the Hoquiam River, Washington
The three-masted barkentine Gleaner was built 1892 in Hoquiam, Washington.Filed under W.J. Patterson subseries.
Between 1901 and 1905
3/9 W.J.Patterson2
Four-masted schooner W.J. Patterson and three-masted barkentine Gleaner on the Hoquiam River, Washington
The three-masted barkentine Gleaner was built 1892 in Hoquiam, Washington.Filed under W.J. Patterson subseries.
Between 1901 and 1918
Glenmark
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1/19 Glenmark1
Three-masted bark Glenmark at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: 3 m. bark. GLENMARK, Hoquiam Lumber + Shingle Mill at Hoquiam, W.T.
Between 1890 and 1900?
1/19 Glenmark2
Tug Hoquiam with the bark Glenmark in the Hoquiam River, Washington
Written on verso: 3 m. bark, GLENMARK of Dundee, tug HOQUIAM, Northwest Lumber Mill, Hoquiam River, W.T.
Between 1890 and 1900?
Gloria II
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1/19 GloriaII1 Between 1920 and 1960?
Glory of the Seas
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1/19 GloryoftheSeas1 Between 1869 and 1923
Golden State
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1/19 GoldenState1 Between 1913 and 1937
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Schooner Golden State
Written on verso: Cod transporting schooner, Golden State. Capacity 500 tons.
Between 1913 and 1937
SOS1/3 GoldenState3
Engine room of the Golden State
Written on verso: Engine room of cod transporting schooner "Golden State."
Between 1913 and 1937
Goliah
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.
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1/20 Goliah1 Between 1871 and 1899?
Gov. Pingree
Carried people and cargo to Alaska and the Yukon. Renamed Bonanza King in 1899.
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1/20 Gov.Pingree1 Between 1898 and 1899
Grace Dollar
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1/20 GraceDollar1
Steamship Grace Dollar carrying cargo of lumber
Formerly known as the Dix before it was sold to the Robert Dollar Co. in 1922 and renamed the Grace Dollar.
1925?
Graf Spee
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1/20 GrafSpee1 Between 1934 and 1939
Halco
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1/20 Halco1
Wreck of the steam schooner Halco in Grays Harbor, Washington
Written on verso: Steam schooner "Halco" built in Eureka, Calif. 1918. Wrecked on the north side of Grays Harbor bar in 1925 as shown in this picture.
1925
Harrison
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1/20 Harrison1
Sternwheel steamer Harrison
Written on verso: The "Harrison" at the dock at Harrison.
between 1912 and 1925?
Harry Luckenbach
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1/20 HarryLuckenbach1
Steamer Harry Luckenbach and tug Loyal N1 probably docked at Seattle
Written on verso: Harry Luckenbach, freighter. Tug, Loyal N1
Between 1920 and 1942
Hassalo
Built at the Dalles, Oregon for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. in 1880.
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1/20 Hassalo1 Between 1880 and 1898
H.B. Kennedy
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).
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1/20 H.B.Kennedy1-2 Between 1909 and 1922
1/20 H.B.Kennedy3 1913?
H.C. Henry
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SOS1/3 H.C.Henry1 1909?
Helena
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1/21 Helena1 Between 1878 and October 23, 1891
1/21 Helena2 Between 1878 and October 23, 1891
Helen P. Drew
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1/21 HelenP.Drew1 Between 1904 and 1950?
1/21 HelenP.Drew2 Between 1904 and 1950?
Hermina
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1/21 Hermina1 Between 1880 and 1920?
H.F. Alexander
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1/21 H.F.Alexander1 1926?
Hipper
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1/21 Hipper1 Between 1937 and 1945?
Holiday
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1/21 Holiday1 Between 1940 and 1970?
Hoquiam
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1/19 Glenmark2
Tug Hoquiam with the bark Glenmark in the Hoquiam River, Washington
Written on verso: 3 m. bark, GLENMARK of Dundee, tug HOQUIAM, Northwest Lumber Mill, Hoquiam River, W.T.Filed under Glenmark subseries.
Between 1890 and 1930?
Howard
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1/21 Howard1
Schooner Howard in the Hoquiam River, Washington
Written on verso: Two mast schooner HOWARD built in San Francisco in 1869. This little vessel is typical of many of her type that carried the commerce of the Pacific Coast in their tiny hulls. This picture shows the HOWARD with a tug alongside in the Hoquiam River. Her dimensions give a fair idea of the size of these vessels: 82' long, 25' beam, 4' depth.
Between 1885 and 1900?
Hyak
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1/22 Hyak1 Between 1909 and 1941
1/22 Hyak2 Between 1909 and 1941
Idaho
There were multiple ships named Idaho.
Box/Folder item
1/22 IdahoA1 1914?
1/22 IdahoA2
Officers of the ship Idaho on deck at Juneau, Alaska
Written on photo: The Idaho and its officers at Juneau, Alaska. 7347. Louisa A. Turner.
Between 1882 and 1888?
1/22 IdahoB1 Between 1890 and 1940?
1/21 HelenP.Drew1 Between 1917 and 1925?
Illahee
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1/22 Illahee1 Between 1940 and 1970?
Inland Flyer
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1/22 InlandFlyer1
Launch Inland Flyer
Written on verso: Lake Washington. Inland Flyer, 66 ft x 9 ft, Ladies cabin, 17 ft, Engine room, 16 ft, Toilet in engine room, 4 ft. 6 x 3 ft, Seats on deck, 16 ft 6 in on each side, Power, 50 HP. Equipped with electric lights.
Between 1898 and 1910
Inlander
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1/22 Inlander1 Between 1870 and 1920?
Inverclyde
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1/22 Inverclyde1 Between 1898 and 1923?
Iroquois
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.
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1/22 Iroquois1 Between 1907 and 1960?
Island Belle
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1/22 IslandBelle1 Between 1892 and 1920
Islander
Wood burning passenger and freight steamer built at Newhall, Washington for the Bellingham Bay-San Juan Island route, 1904.
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1/22 Islander1
Steamer Islander
This is the first Islander.
Between 1904 and 1924
Issaquah
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.
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1/22 Issaquah1 Between 1927 and 1948?
James Domville
The steamer James Domville was wrecked on Thirty Mile River in the spring of 1899.
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1/22 Domville1 1899?
1/22 Domville2 1899?
1/22 Domville3
Sternwheel steamer James Domville wrecked in the Thirty Mile River, Alaska
Written on verso: The Str "Domville." Wreck in 30 Mile River, Y.T. Then on the margin of Lake Lebarge [Laberge] - where I cremated Sam McGee.
1899?
Jane A. Falkenberg
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.
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2/1 JaneA.Falkenberg1 Between 1854 and 1899
Janet Carruthers
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2/1 JanetCarruthers1
Five-masted schooner Janet Carruthers wrecked at Pacific Beach
Written on verso: Aux. Five mast schooner "Janet Carruthers" wrecked at Pacific Beach in 1919 built by Wallace in Vancouver B.C. 1917.
1919
Jefferson
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.)
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2/1 Jefferson1 Between 1904 and 1925
J.M. Weatherwax
Built in Aberdeen, Washington, 1890.
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2/1 J.M.Weatherwax1 1890
2/1 J.M.Weatherwax2 Between 1890 and 1916
John C. Barr
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2/1 JohnC.Barr1 Between 1898 and 1900?
John Cudahy
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.
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2/1 JohnCudahy1
John Cudahy at dock
Album page with eight photos on it.
between 1898 and 1905
John D. Spreckels
Wrecked in April 1913 en route from Baranof Harbor, Alaska to San Francisco, California. Collided with British steamer Statesman near Point Reyes.
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2/1 JohnD.Spreckels1 1913
Josephine
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.
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SOS1/3 Josephine1
Sternwheel steamboat Josephine on the Yukon River
Written on verso: Destroyed Jan. 16th 1883 blown up and many killed J. Perkins and [illegible] were included in the passengers.
1898?
Josie Burrows
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2/1 JosieBurrows1
Sternwheel steamer Josie Burrows with passengers and freight
Written on verso: Stern wheeler "Josie Burrows" built in Aberdeen, Wash. 1893. Used for passengers as well as freight & towing.
Between 1893 and 1898
J.P. Light
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.
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2/2 J.P.Light1 1898?
2/2 J.P.Light2
Steamboat J.P. Light at a wood camp, probably on the Yukon River
Written on verso: Steamer J.P. Light loading venison.
1898?
2/2 J.P.Light3 1898?
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Kailua
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2/2 Kailua1
Launching of the four-masted schooner Kailua at Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: 4 m. sch. KAILUA - launching at Hitchings yard, Hoquiam, W.T. for Hind, Rolph & Co. 1901. - Lost at sea - 1904.
1901
Kalakala
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).
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2/2 Kalakala1 1960?
2/2 Kalakala2-5 Between 1935 and 1967
2/2 Kalakala6 Between 1935 and 1967
2/2 Kalakala7
Motor ferry Kalakala on Puget Sound
Hand-colored photograph
TWritten on image: Streamlined ferry "Kalakala."
Between 1935 and 1967
2/2 Kalakala8 Between 1935 and 1967
Kekoskee
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2/3 Kekoskee1 Between 1920 and 1950?
Kennewick
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2/3 Kennewick1 Between 1870 and 1920?
Kinugawa Maru
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2/3 KinugawaMaru1
Wreck of the Kinugawa Maru near Bonegi Beach, Solomon Islands
Written on verso: Sank off of Bonegi Beach Nov. 15 1942 Guadalcanal.
Between 1942 and 1960?
Kirkland
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).
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2/3 Kirkland1 Between 1888 and 1898
Kitsap
There were multiple ships named Kitsap.
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2/3 KitsapA1
Steamship Kitsap
Built by Joseph Supple of Portland in 1905. Operated on the Poulsbo route and the Bellingham route. Sunk by steamer Indianapolis in Seattle in 1910. Eventually raised by the Elliot Bay Dry Dock Co. and renamed the Bremerton. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1905 and 1910
2/3 KitsapB1
Ferry Kitsap
Built by Lake Washington Shipyards for Puget Sound service, 1925 (p. 366). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1925 and 1961
Klamath
Passenger and freight steamer belonging to the Klamath Lake Navigation Co.
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2/3 Klamath1 1905
Klikitat
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).
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2/3 Klikitat1 Between 1881 and 1912
Klondike
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."
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2/3 Klondike1
Sternwheeler Klondike on the Yukon River near Whitehorse
Probably the Klondike II.Written on verso: Last sternwheeler to operate on the Yukon River.
Between 1929 and 1955
Kona
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2/3 Kona1
Four-masted schooner Kona on the Hoquiam River, Washington
Written on verso: 4 m. sch. Kona in the Hoquiam River, W.T. - Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Mill, st. sch. Melville Dollar.
Between 1901 and 1910?
Kootenai
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2/4 Kootenai1 Between 1885 and 1897?
Koshun Maru
Japanese freighter wrecked off the coast of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska in 1930. Wrecked near the lighthouse off the coast of Unimak Island.
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2/4 KoshunMaru1 1930
2/4 KoshunMaru2 1930
2/4 KoshunMaru3 1930
2/4 KoshunMaru4 1930
2/4 KoshunMaru5 1930
Lady Cecilia
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2/4 LadyCecilia1
Steamship Lady Cecilia
Written on photo: SS Lady Cecilia (Union Steamship Co.? 1949?)
1949?
Lady Cynthia
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2/4 LadyCynthia1
Steamship Lady Cynthia
Written on photo: S.S. Lady Cynthia. Union Steamship Co.
1949
Lady of the Lake
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2/4 LadyoftheLake1 Between 1897 and 1902
Lamaina
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2/4 Lamaina1 Between 1850 and 1930?
Latona
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2/5 Latona1
Steam launch Latona
Written on verso: The steam launch "Latona" was built by James M. Colman. It was purchased by Edw. C. Kilbourne who took it up the Duwamish River into the Black River into Lake Washington and via D.J. Denny's log ditch into Lake Union. Dr. Kilbourne was joined by J.A. Moore forming the Lake Union Transportation Co. which operated the Latona and Maud Foster. The two steamers carried freight and passengers between the terminus of Frank Osgood's horse car line, near Valley & Fairview Ave., and their additions on the north side of the lake.
Between 1880 and 1920?
Lawton
Images featuring the Lawton are pasted on album pages.
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2/5 Lawton1a Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton1b Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton1c Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton1d Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton2a Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton2b Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton2c Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton2d Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton3a Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton3b Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton3c Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton3d Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton4a Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton4b Between 1890 and 1905?
2/5 Lawton4c
Seven men and one woman aboard steamship Lawton
Written on photo: Mr. Hoag, Mr. Gray, Majr. Tucker, Mrs. Walker, Majr. Brigham (?), Dr. Bailey on the Lawton.
June 6, 1900
Leba
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2/5 Leba1 Between 1920 and 1940?
Liberty
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2/5 Liberty1
Steamer Liberty
Written on verso: Pacific Fisherman. 5 ½ inches long. 133 zinc enamel.
Between 1890 and 1920?
U.S. Lily
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2/6 Lily1 Between 1888 and 1911?
Loreli
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2/6 Loreli1 Between 1890 and 1940?
Loyal N1
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1/20 HarryLuckenbach1
Steamer Harry Luckenbach and tug Loyal N1 probably docked at Seattle
Written on verso: Harry Luckenbach, freighter. Tug, Loyal N1Filed under Harry Luckenbach subseries.
Between 1919 and 1943
L.T. Haas
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).
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SOS1/3 L.T.Haas1 Between 1902 and 1909
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2/6 L.T.Haas2 Between 1902 and 1909
2/6 L.T.Haas3 Between 1902 and 1909
2/6 L.T.Haas4 Between 1902 and 1909
2/6 L.T.Haas5 Between 1902 and 1909
Lydia Thompson
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2/6 LydiaThompson1
Puget Sound passenger steamship Lydia Thompson
Written on verso: Built in 1893 at Port Angeles. 92' long, 22' beam, 6'8" long. Gross 202 net 101. Engines triple 11-15-25x16 160# steam. Built by Enos Raymond for the Thompson Bros. who later incorporated as the Thompson Steamboat Co. Her first service was for a year on the Seattle-Hood Canal route relieving the Delta. Then on the Seattle-Bellingham run. In 1896 the Thompson went on the Seattle-San Juan Island-Bellingham Bay route where she remained until replaced by the Rosalie in 1905. Had been sold to Puget Sound Navigation Co. in 1903. Her last service was as freight boat on Hoods Canal and other short routes. Bought by Harry Crosby in 1910 and cut down for tug-boat. Renamed Monitor. Passed to the Independent Towing Co. who wore her out and stripped her in 1930. Hull in Lake Union in 1943.
Between 1893 and 1910
2/11 North Pacific2 1893
Maid of Orleans
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).
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? MaidofOrleans1
Schooner Maid of Orleans on the Bering Sea
Written on verso: Cod fish vessel and dories, Bering Sea.
1906?
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 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).
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2/7 Majestic1 Between 1901 and 1904
Malaspina
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).
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2/7 Malaspina1
Ocean going ferry Malaspina
Written on verso: State of Alaska M/V Malaspina. Ketchikan-Wrangell-Petersburg-Sitka-Juneau-Haines-Skagway.
Between 1962 and 1980?
Mame
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2/7 Mame1 Between 1880 and 1910?
Margaret
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2/7 Margaret1-2 Between 1870 and 1920?
Marion
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2/7 Marion1
Schooner Marion on the Hoquiam River, Washington
Lost at Sanak, Alaska on April 11, 1906.Written on verso: Sch. Marion. Built S.F. 1882 under tow in Hoquiam River, W.T.
Between 1882 and 1906
Marutta
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2/7 Marutta1 Between 1935 and 1966?
Mary Moody
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2/7 MaryMoody1
Steamship Mary Moody on Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
Written on verso: A pack train on its way to Kootenai is boarding the Mary Moody at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille.
1867
U.S.S. Massachusetts
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1/7 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.Filed under Chicago subseries.
1893?
Maud
Built for Roald Amundsen in Norway in 1917 as a polar exploration vessel.
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2/7 Maud1 1921?
Mazama
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3/8 Winema1 1905
Melrose
Built in 1902 for the Coast Shipping Co.
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2/7 Melrose1 Between 1902 and 1930?
2/7 Melrose2 Between 1902 and 1915?
Mercury
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2/8 Mercury1 April 11, 1898
Mexico
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2/8 Mexico1 Between 1880 and 1882
Minnesota
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2/8 Minnesota1 Between 1903 and 1919
U.S.S. Missouri
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2/8 Missouri1 Between 1954 and 1970?
U.S.S. Mohican
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2/8 Mohican1 Between 1883 and 1922
Monarch
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2/8 Monarch1 Between 1898 and 1927?
Montana
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).
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2/8 Montana1
Copy of lithograph of the sidewheel steamer S.S. Montana
Lithograph by Endicott & Co., of New York. Color print of this lithograph in the California State Library's collection.
Between 1865 and 1876
Monterey
The U.S.S. Monterey was a U.S. naval monitor ship, a steam-powered ironclad vessel with a low deck and armored turrets.
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2/8 Monterey1
U.S. Navy monitor Monterey
Written on verso: U.S. Navy built 1889 monitor MONTEREY, first ship in first dry dock at Bremerton.
Between 1891 and 1900
2/8 Monterey2 Between 1891 and 1921
2/8 Monterey3 Between 1891 and 1921
Mount Vernon
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).
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2/9 MountVernon1 Between 1923 and 1953?
Muskoka
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2/9 Muskoka1 Between 1891 and 1909
Nann Smith
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).
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2/9 NannSmith1 1913?
Navarino
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2/9 Navarino1 Between 1937 and 1962
U.S.S. Nebraska
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2/9 Nebraska1
Invitation to launch of battleship Nebraska on October 7, 1904 with drawing of the ship
Written on invitation: The Moran Bros. Company requests the pleasure of your company at the Launching of the United States Battleship "Nebraska." Friday, the seventh of October, nineteen hundred and four at two thirteen o'clock, p.m. Christened by Miss Mary Nain Mickey.
1904
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SOS1/4 Nebraska2 October 7, 1904
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2/9 Nebraska3
Battleship U.S.S. Nebraska
Written on verso: Built in Seattle by Robt. Moran. This was the first ship of war to be built in Seattle. Contemporary Snapshot. 189.
Between 1904 and 1922
2/9 Nebraska4
Main propelling engines on battleship Nebraska
Written on verso: Main Propelling engines, 19,000 horsepower. Battleship Nebraska U.S.N. Moran Bros. Company Builders, Seattle Wash.
Between 1904 and 1922
2/9 Nebraska5
Ships U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Colorado, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and U.S.S. Wisconsin at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington
Written on verso: The Big Four. Advance guard of U.S. naval rendezvous scheduled for North Pacific Ocean this summer on arrival of Atlantic fleet under Admiral Evans. Scene at Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton opposite Seattle). Reading from left to right: Battleship Nebraska, Armored Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania, Battleship Wisconsin.
Between 1905 and 1916
Nellie
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2/9 Nellie1
Steamboats Nellie and Wm. F. Monroe at dock
Written on verso: Nellie & Wm. F. Monroe. Nellie built at Seattle 1876, 55.03 or 100 tons. Wm. F. Monroe built at Seattle 1883, 99.81 tons.
Between 1883 and 1896
New England
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2/10 NewEngland1 Between 1897 and 1920?
U.S.S. Newark
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1/7 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.Filed under Chicago subseries.
1893?
New Life
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2/10 NewLife1 Between 1900 and 1920?
New York
There were multiple ships named New York.
Box/Folder item
2/10 NewYorkA1 March 1898
2/10 NewYorkB1 1898?
1/7 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.Filed under Chicago subseries.
1893?
Niels Nielsen
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).
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2/10 NielsNielsen1 September 1916
Nizina
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).
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2/10 Nizina1 Between 1916 and 1937
Nome City
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).
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2/10 NomeCity1 May 1900
North Bend
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1/3 Arago2 Between 1891 and 1914
North Pacific
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).
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2/11 NorthPacific1 July 18, 1903
2/11 NorthPacific2 1893
1/18 GeorgeE.Starr3
Sidewheel steamer George E. Starr and North Pacific south of Wall St. dock, Seattle
Written on verso: Geo. E. Starr, built 1879, n. side Yesler's Wharf. N. Pacific raced the Olympia June 27, 1871 Victoria to Port Townsend winning in 2 hrs & 41 min.Filed under George E. Starr subseries.
Between 1878 and 1921
1/18 GeorgeE.Starr4
Sidewheel steamer George E. Starr and North Pacific in the Seattle Harbor
Written on verso: Geo. E. Starr, built 1879, n. side Yesler's Wharf. N. Pacific raced the Olympia June 27, 1871 Victoria to Port Townsend winning in 2 hrs & 41 min.Filed under George E. Starr subseries.
Between 1878 and 1921
Nushagak

The steam schooner Nushagak was built at San Francisco in 1904 for the Alaska Packers Association. She was a 739-ton steel vessel of the single-ended steam schooner type. She was renamed Casper in 1925 (p. 519). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Filed under Wasp subseries.

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3/7 Wasp1 Between 1904 and 1925
Container(s) Description Dates
Ocean Wave
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).
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2/11 OceanWave1
Sidewheel steamer Ocean Wave
Written on mount: S.S. Ocean Wave. Ilwaco R.R. & Navigation Co. Went to S.F. Santa Fe.
Between 1891 and 1911
2/11 OceanWave2 Between 1891 and 1911
Octavia
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.
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2/11 Octavia1 Between 1904 and 1910?
Ohio
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2/11 Ohio1 June 12, 1907
U.S.S. Olympia
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.
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2/11 Olympia1
U.S.S. Olympia
Between 1892 and 1922
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U.S.S. Olympia
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Photographic Laboratory (photographer)
Written on photo: 203-45.The U.S.S. Olympia was commission in 1895 and served in the Spanish American War. She now serves as a museum ship at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
between 1900 and 1957
Olympian
There were multiple ships named Olympian.
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1/2 Amelia1
Sidewheel steamers Amelia and Olympian at dock
The sidewheel steamer Olympian was built in Wilmington, Delaware in 1883 for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. (O.R.&N.). The Olympian was wrecked in 1903 (p 94). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).Filed under Amelia subseries.
Between 1883 and 1903
2/12 OlympianA1
Sidewheel steamer Olympian
The sidewheel steamer Olympian was built in Wilmington, Delaware in 1883 for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. (O.R. & N.). The Olympian was wrecked in 1903 (p 94). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1883 and 1903
2/12 OlympianA2
Sidewheel steamer Olympian
The sidewheel steamer Olympian was built in Wilmington, Delaware in 1883 for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. (O.R. & N.). The Olympian was wrecked in 1903 (p 94). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1883 and 1903
2/12 OlympianB1
Sternwheel steamer Olympian
Formerly the Telegraph prior to 1912 (p. 209). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1912 and 1940?
Oncorhynchus
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2/12 Oncorhynchus1 Between 1947 and 1955?
2/12 Oncorhynchus2
University of Washington research ship Oncorhynchus
Seattle Times (Photographer)
Between 1947 and 1955?
Oregon
There were multiple ships named Oregon.
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2/12 OregonA1
Steamship Oregon in the ice at Nome, Alaska
Iron steamer built at Chester, PA, in 1878 and arrived on the Pacific Coast the following year for the Portland-San Francisco service. Laid up at Portland in 1894 but came back into service for the Klondike Gold Rush, holding the Nome-Puget Sound record at the time of her loss. White Star Steamship Co. owned the S.S. Oregon from ca. 1902 to 1905. (p. 75 and p. 125). At midnight on September 13, 1906, she struck the rocks on the beach at Cape Hinchinbrook near the entrance to Prince William Sound and was later deemed a total loss (pp. 124-125). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
June 11, 1904
2/12 OregonA2
Steamship Oregon with logo of White Star Steamship Co. on funnel
Iron steamer built at Chester, PA, in 1878 and arrived on the Pacific Coast the following year for the Portland-San Francisco service. Laid up at Portland in 1894 but came back into service for the Klondike Gold Rush, holding the Nome-Puget Sound record at the time of her loss. White Star Steamship Co. owned the S.S. Oregon from ca. 1902 to 1905. (p. 75 and p. 125). At midnight on September 13, 1906, she struck the rocks on the beach at Cape Hinchinbrook near the entrance to Prince William Sound and was later deemed a total loss (pp. 124-125). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1902 and 1905?
2/12 OregonA3
Steamship Oregon underway with passengers

Iron steamer built at Chester, PA, in 1878 and arrived on the Pacific Coast the following year for the Portland-San Francisco service. Laid up at Portland in 1894 but came back into service for the Klondike Gold Rush, holding the Nome-Puget Sound record at the time of her loss. At midnight on September 13, 1906, she struck the rocks on the beach at Cape Hinchinbrook near the entrance to Prince William Sound and was later deemed a total loss (pp. 124-125). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).

Between 1878 and September 13, 1906
2/12 OregonB1
Battleship U.S.S. Oregon taking on crew, probably off of West Seattle
The U.S. battleship Oregon was a noted Spanish American War fighting ship. It was idle from 1906 to 1911, when it was recommissioned at the Bremerton Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington, after extensive modernization (p. 193). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
September 7, 1895
2/12 OregonB2
Battleship Oregon taking on crew
The U.S. battleship Oregon was a noted Spanish American War fighting ship. She was idle from 1906 to 1911, when she was recommissioned at the Bremerton Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington, after extensive modernization (p. 193). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1893 and 1919
1/21 HelenP.Drew1 Between 1904 and 1950?
Oregon Mail
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2/13 OregonMail1 November 8, 1947
Orizaba
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2/13 Orizaba1
Painting of steamship Orizaba
Written on verso: Pacific Coast Steamship Co's Steamer Orizaba.
Between 1860 and 1875?
Otsego
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2/13 Otsego1 Between 1901 and 1944?
Pacific
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).
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2/13 Pacific1
Motor cannery tender Pacific
Written on mount: Washington State Halibut Schooner.
Between 1891 and 1930?
Parthia
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2/13 Parthia1
Painting of steamship Parthia
Written on verso: The Parthia, from a painting.
Between 1870 and 1892?
Paul Shoup
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2/13 PaulShoup1 Between 1921 and 1954?
P.B. Anderson
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2/13 P.B.Anderson1 Between 1942 and 1966
U.S.S. Pennsylvania
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2/9 Nebraska5
Ships U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Colorado, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and U.S.S. Wisconsin at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington
Written on verso: The Big Four. Advance guard of U.S. naval rendezvous scheduled for North Pacific Ocean this summer on arrival of Atlantic fleet under Admiral Evans. Scene at Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton opposite Seattle). Reading from left to right: Battleship Nebraska, Armored Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania, Battleship Wisconsin.Filed under Nebraska subseries.
Between 1907 and 1908?
Perdita
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).
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2/13 Perdita1 Between 1903 and 1911
U.S.S. Philadelphia
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1/7 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.Filed under Chicago subseries.
1893?
Philip B. Low
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1/20 Gov.Pingree1 Between 1898 and 1899
Pioneer
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).
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2/13 Pioneer1
Schooner Pioneer at a lumber mill dock in Hoquiam, Washington
Written on verso: Mill scene Hoquiam. Schooner closest to camera is the "Pioneer" built Hoquiam in 1886.
1892?
Point Loma
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).
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2/13 PointLoma1 1893
2/13 PointLoma2 Between 1888 and 1889?
Polar Star
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2/14 PolarStar1
Motor vessel Polar Star
Written on verso: MV Polar Star, West Lines, Tracy Arm between Juneau and Petersburg. A11434-7.
1970?
Politovsky
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2/14 Politovsky1 Between 1867 and 1897?
2/14 Politovsky2
Don Clark and Martha Flahaut with the cannon from the Politovsky
DeLaurenti (Photographer)
Written on verso: Don Clark and Martha Flahaut. Politofsky Cannon, 1867-1897, on loan, Seattle Historical Society, October 22, 1954.
1954?
Port Douglas
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2/14 PortDouglas1
Sailing ship Port Douglas at Port Blakely Mill, Washington
Written on photo: Shipping lumber at Port Blakely Mill, Wash.
Between 1870 and 1920?
Portland
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).
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2/14 Portland1 1890?
2/14 Portland2 Between 1890 and 1910?
2/14 Portland3
Steamship Portland docked in Seattle with a crowd
Written on verso: But possibly not the PORTLAND - but probably the PORTLAND ca. 1897 as another deck may have been added.
1897?
2/14 Portland4 1897?
Preble
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2/14 Preble1
Drawing of the U.S. practice ship Preble
Written on verso: U.S.S. Preble 10 guns 556 tons, was built at Navy Yard, Portsmouth N.H. 1839.
Between 1839 and 1863?
President
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).
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2/15 President1 Between 1907 and 1922?
President Madison
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).
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2/15 PresidentMadison1 1921?
Prince Henry
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).
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2/15 PrinceHenry1 Between 1930 and 1931
Prince Rupert
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2/15 PrinceRupert1 Between 1909 and 1955
Princess Alice
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2/15 PrincessAlice1
Steamship Princess Alice
Written on mount: S.S. Princess Alice CPR 1947.
1947
Princess Beatrice
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).
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2/15 PrincessBeatrice1 Between 1903 and 1928
Princess Elaine
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).
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2/15 PrincessElaine1 1949
Princess Elizabeth
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).
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2/15 PrincessElizabeth1 1947
Princess Kathleen
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.
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2/15 PrincessKathleen1 1947
Princess Marguerite
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).
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2/16 PrincessMarguerite1 1949
2/16 PrincessMarguerite2
Steamship Princess Marguerite near Victoria, Canada with Mt. Baker in the background
Canadian Pacific Railway (Photographer)
Written on verso: M 4785 Princess Marguerite, Mt. Baker near Victoria, B.C.
Between 1924 and 1942
Princess May
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2/16 PrincessMay1 August 5, 1910
2/16 PrincessMay2
Steamship Princess May wrecked on a rock at Sentinel Island, Alaska
Written on photo: C.P.R. Cos S.S. Princess May, wrecked on Sentinel Island Alaska Aug. 5 1910.
August 5, 1910
Princess Norah
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).
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2/16 PrincessNorah1
Steamship Princess Norah
Written on verso: Princess Norah, Canadian Pacific S.S. Co.
Between 1928 and 1950?
Princess of Vancouver
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).
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2/16 PrincessofVancouver1 Between 1955 and 1986
Princess Patricia
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).
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2/16 PrincessPatricia1-2 1949
2/16 PrincessPatricia3
Steamship Princess Patricia
Canadian Pacific Railway (Photographer)
Written on verso: 9653 Canadian Pacific S.S. Princess Patricia.
Between 1949 and 1978?
Princess Sophia
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.
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2/17 PrincessSophia1 Between 1912 and 1918
Printer
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1/9 ClanMcDonald1 Between 1891 and 1902
Prosper
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).
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2/17 Prosper1 Between 1898 and 1922
U.S.S. Pueblo
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2/17 Pueblo1
Boxing match on the deck of the U.S.S. Pueblo
Written on image: U.S.S. Pueblo Thanksgiving Day 1917.
November 29, 1917
Queen
There were multiple ships named Queen.
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2/17 QueenA1 1900?
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2/17 QueenB1
Steamship Queen at dock in Port Townsend after fire at sea
February 27, 1904
Quilcene
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).
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2/17 Quilcene1 Between 1929 and 1939?
Quillayute
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2/17 Quillayute1
Ferry Quillayute
Between 1927 and 2003
Ramona
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3/3 T.J.Potter4
Sidewheel steamer T.J. Potter, sternwheel steamer Bailey Gatzert, and sternwheel steamer Ramona
Written on photo: Three popular Portland excursion steamers.Filed under T.J. Potter subseries.
Between 1888 and 1921
R.C. Slade
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).
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2/17 R.C.Slade1
Schooners R.C. Slade and A.J. West docked at the Slade Mill, Aberdeen, Washington
Written on photo: No. 2. Shipping at Aberdeen Washington.Written on verso: 4 m. sch. R.C. SLADE, 4 m. sch. A.J. WEST at the Slade Mill, Aberdeen, W.T. Wishkah & Chehalis Rivers. G.R. Weinstein.
Between 1900 and 1917
Schooner Reporter
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).
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2/17 Reporter1
Schooner Reporter
Written on verso: Schooner "Reporter" of Hoquiam, Wash.
Between 1876 and March 1902
Resolute
Built in 1902 in Hoquiam, Washington, by Hitchings & Joyce.
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2/18 Resolute1 Between 1902 and 1928
R.H. Fauntleroy
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2/17 R.H.Fauntleroy1 Between 1854 and 1881
R.J. Hanna
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2/17 R.J.Hanna1 Between 1890 and 1940?
Roanoke
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2/18 Roanoke1 Between 1898 and 1904
2/18 Roanoke2
People in front of the steamship Roanoke with a load of gold from Alaska
Written on verso: First shipment of gold from Dawson to arrive in Seattle [doubtful].
August 30, 1898
Roosevelt
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2/18 Roosevelt1 December 1928
Rosalie
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).
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SOS1/4 Rosalie1
Steamer Rosalie
Written on verso: Capt. O'Brien and Capt. Durphie, Rosalie
Between 1893 and 1918
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2/18 Rosalie2 May 5, 1899
Rosebud
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2/18 Rosebud1 Between 1913 and 1950?
Rosecrans
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).
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2/18 Rosecrans1 1899?
Rossland
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2/18 Rossland1 Between 1898 and 1916
Royal
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2/19 Royal1
Tugboat Royal
Written on verso: Tug - fishing.
Between 1910 and 1960?
Ruby A. Cousins
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).
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2/19 RubyA.Cousins1 Between 1882 and 1900
Ryba
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).
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2/19 Ryba1 Between 1902 and 1925
Salvor
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1/7 Charmer1
Salvor assisting Charmer
Filed under Charmer subseries
December 1908
1/7 Charmer2
Salvor assisting Charmer
Filed under Charmer subseries
December 1908
U.S.S. San Francisco
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1/7 Chicago1
Drawing of naval ships U.S.S. Massachusetts, U.S.S. Chicago, U.S.S. New York, U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Philadelphia, and U.S.S. Newark
Written below drawing: "The White Squadron" United States Navy. Armored Steel Battle Ship Massachusetts, Cruiser Chicago, Armored Steel Cruiser New York, Cruiser San Francisco, Cruiser Philadelphia, Cruiser Newark. Copyright 1893 by Currier & Ives, N.Y.Filed under Chicago subseries.
1893?
San Juan
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).
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2/19 SanJuan1 Between 1904 and 1950?
Santa Clara
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).
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2/19 SantaClara1
Steamship Santa Clara
Possibly showing the Santa Clara navigating the Panama Canal in June 1914.
Between 1900 and November 1915
Sarah
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).
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2/19 Sarah1 1900
Schley
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2/20 Schley1 Between May 1898 and 1910?
2/20 Schley2 Between May 1898 and 1910?
2/20 Schley3 Between May 1898 and 1910?
2/20 Schley4 Between May 1898 and 1910?
Sea Lion
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).
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2/20 SeaLion1 Between 1884 and 1910?
Seattle
There were multiple ships named Seattle.
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2/20 SeattleA1-A3
Steam ferry Seattle
Formerly the H.B. Kennedy, she was renamed in 1922 and converted to a steam ferry in 1924 (pg. 324). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1924 and 1939
2/20 SeattleB1
Battleship U.S.S. Seattle
Launched in 1905 as the U.S.S. Washington, she was renamed the U.S.S. Seattle in 1916. She was decommissioned in 1946.
Between 1918 and 1946
Seattle No. 3
Seattle No. 3 was in operation on the Yukon River as early as 1899. At that time, the steamboat was owned by the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. (p. 30). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/20 SeattleNo.31 Between 1899 and 1927
Seattle Spirit
The Seattle Spirit was a small freight steamer of 81 tons, 83 feet long, built at Ballard in 1906 for Norman R. Smith (p. 119). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/21 SeattleSpirit1
Freight steamer Seattle Spirit
Written on mount: Seattle Spirit 1915 Small Puget Sound freighter.
1915
Senator
In 1898, the steel passenger steamer Senator was built by the Union Iron Works at San Francisco for the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. She was a single-screw vessel of 2,432 tons. She had a speed of 10.8 knots. She was taken over by the government upon her completion and carried 1,004 troops on her first voyage to Manila. Upon her return to the company she was immediately placed on the Cape Nome route from San Francisco via Seattle and Tacoma (pp. 31-32). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/21 Senator1 Between 1899 and 1920?
2/21 Senator2 1908
Seward
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2/21 Seward1-3 Between 1880 and 1920?
Shannon Foss
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2/21 ShannonFoss1 Between 1957 and 1997
Steamship Siberia Maru
The former Pacific Mail liner Siberia passed, in 1916, to Japanese ownership as the Siberia Maru. She was diverted in 1929 from the N.Y.K. San Francisco-Oriental route to the Puget Sound-British Columbia-Oriental route, being replaced shortly by a vessel of the Hikawa Maru class (p. 398). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/21 SiberiaMaru1
Steamship Siberia Maru
Post Card. Printed by G.T. Sun Co.Written on photo: N.Y.K. Seattle-Orient Liner S.S. "SIBERIA-MARU."
1935?
Silver Wave
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2/22 SilverWave1 1924?
2/22 SilverWave2 Between 1920 and 1940?
2/22 SilverWave3
Silver Wave beached at Cape Spencer, near Teller, Alaska
Written on verso: Silver Wave on the beach at Cape Spencer, near Teller, Alaska. Only a miracle that it was not a total loss. Summer of 1928. Silver Wave 65 feet long.
1928
2/22 SilverWave4
Silver Wave beached at Cape Spencer, near Teller, Alaska
Written on verso: Silver Wave beached near Teller Alaska. Summer 1928.
1928
2/22 SilverWave5 1928?
2/22 SilverWave6 1928?
Skagit
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SOS1/4 Skagit1 1898?
Skagit Belle
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2/22 SkagitBelle1
Sternwheel steamer Skagit Belle
Written on verso: "Skagit Belle" wood freighter, stern-wheel. Gross 555, net 513. Dim. 164.5 x 40.3 x 6.7. 1941 Everett. Built for Harold Durham for Skagit River Navigation Co. to replace "Gleaner." Engines were the high pressure half from the Columbia River Steamer "Umitilla"[sic]. In A.J.S. service 1943.
Between 1941 and 1950
2/22 SkagitBelle2 Between 1941 and 1950
Skagit Chief
The Skagit Chief was built in 1934 by Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works for the Skagit River Navigation & Trading Co. She was designed for the Seattle, Stanwood, Mt. Vernon and La Conner route. She was a shallow-draft vessel fitted with "spuds" (heavy upright beams which could be lowered to the river bed) to enable her to hoist herself over shoals and to make difficult turns in the river. Of 502 tons, with dimensions of 165x40.1x6.4 and a draft of 18 inches, the Skagit Chief was fitted with the 400-horsepower single-cylinder engines from the former Columbia River steamer G.K. Wentworth of 1905. The Skagit Chief sank in 1956 while being towed to the Portland Harbor Marina to be converted to a floating restaurant on the Willamette River (p. 437 and p. 615). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/22 SkagitChief1 Between 1934 and 1956
2/22 SkagitChief2 Between 1934 and 1956
S.N. Castle
The S.N. Castle was a three-masted schooner of 514 tons, built by Hall Bros. in 1886 as a three-masted barkentine. After long service in the Hawaiian sugar trade, the Bering Sea codfishery and South Seas copra trade, she was towed to southern California in January 1926 for use in a motion picture and burned at Catalina February 17, 1926 (p. 376). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/22 S.N.Castle1
Barkentine S.N. Castle at Port Townsend, Washington
Written on verso: Windjammers loading at Port Townsend. In the early '90s such scenes as this were common at Puget Sound ports as the sailing vessels loaded lumber, grain and general freight for world markets. Built at Port Blakely. SNC at far right.
1893?
Snoqualmie
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2/23 Snoqualmie1
Snoqualmie
F.G. Moran (Photographer)
Written on photo: "Kunstadter" screw & stearing [sic] gear. Seattle fire boat. Built by Seattle Dry Dock & Ship Building Co.
1890
U.S.S. Somers
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2/23 Somers1 Between 1918 and 1930
South Bend
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2/23 SouthBend1 Between September 1919 and 1922
Spokane
There were multiple ships named Spokane.
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2/23 SpokaneA1 Between 1890 and 1920?
2/23 SpokaneA2 Between 1890 and 1920?
2/23 SpokaneB1
Deck and passengers aboard the steamship Spokane in Alaska
The finest vessel yet to fly the houseflag of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. appeared in 1902 with the completion at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, of the steamship Spokane, especially designed for the growing Alaska tourist excursion trade which had developed as a result of the international attention focused on that territory by the recent gold finds in the Klondike, at Cape Nome, Copper River and in other areas. The Spokane was a steel, single-screw vessel of 2,277 tons. She was fitted out to carry 171 first-class passengers in most comfortable accommodations. In addition, she had facilities for 100 in steerage, for even though she was designed primarily for the excursion trade, the heavy seasonal movement of cannery workers to the north made the transportation of steerage passengers a profitable segment of steamship operation on the North Pacific (p. 79). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).She suffered damages when she ran ashore in June of 1910 at Peril Straits, Alaska, which resulted in costly repairs. The following year, she hit an uncharted rock in Seymour Narrows and had her hull torn open underwater. She was driven to the safety of shallow waters and was towed by the steamer Salvor and was repaired by the British Columbia Salvage Company. In 1921, she was renamed Admiral Rogers and was scrapped by the early 1940s due to being unprofitable.Written on photo: 8210. One and one-half hours' fishing, on Alaska excursion steamship "Spokane" reached via the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Between 1902 and 1915?
2/23 SpokaneB2
Steamship Spokane in Glacier Bay, Alaska
The finest vessel yet to fly the houseflag of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. appeared in 1902 with the completion at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, of the steamship Spokane, especially designed for the growing Alaska tourist excursion trade which had developed as a result of the international attention focused on that territory by the recent gold finds in the Klondike, at Cape Nome, Copper River and in other areas. The Spokane was a steel, single-screw vessel of 2,277 tons. She was fitted out to carry 171 first-class passengers in most comfortable accommodations. In addition, she had facilities for 100 in steerage, for even though she was designed primarily for the excursion trade, the heavy seasonal movement of cannery workers to the north made the transportation of steerage passengers a profitable segment of steamship operation on the North Pacific (p. 79). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).She suffered damages when she ran ashore in June of 1910 at Peril Straits, Alaska which resulted in costly repairs. The following year, she hit an uncharted rock in Seymour Narrows and had her hull torn open underwater. She was driven to the safety of shallow waters and was towed by the steamer Salvor and was repaired by the British Columbia Salvage Company. In 1921, she was renamed Admiral Rogers and was scrapped by the early 1940s due to being unprofitable.Written on verso: S.S. Spokane among the ice bergs of Glacier Bay in front of the Muir Glacier between Skagway and Juneau.
1907
Squak Valley
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2/23 SquakValley1 Between 1870 and 1895?
St. Paul
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2/23 St.Paul1
Sailing ship St. Paul
Walter P. Miller (Photographer)
Written on verso: Famous full rigged ship St Paul on her last voyage before being converted into a Marine Museum by the Foss Tug & Barge Co. The ship is now moored near the Lake Washington Canal locks, Seattle, Washington. (Credit Photo Walter P. Miller).
1934?
Stella Erland
In 1898, between Middleton Island and Prince William Sound, bound from Seattle for Copper River, the Stella Erland fell in with the steam schooner Albion, Portland for Valdez with 98 passengers. The Albion 's master, no doubt an expert in the doghole navigation of the Redwood (northern California) coast, had not the slightest idea where he was. The pilot, who claimed to be an expert Alaska navigator, was equally bewildered. The skipper of the Stella Erland, who had been there before, agreed to pilot the steamer in return for a tow for his schooner, the two vessels thus reaching their destination safely, and the Stella Erland more rapidly than her crew had expected her to (p. 38). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/23 StellaErland1 Between 1894 and 1915?
Success
A great attraction on the Northwest waterfronts in 1915 was the ancient convict ship Success, claimed to have been built in 1790, but actually constructed about 1840 of Burmese teak in India for the service of the East India Company. Her publicity claimed that she had been taken over by the British government in 1802 for transporting felons to the penal colonies of New South Wales. Actually, although used as a floating jail in 1852, she never actually carried convicts. Owned by Capt. D.H. Smith, and fitted out as a floating museum of horrors, the bluff, beak-bowed vessel, rerigged as a barkentine, was towed around from the East Coast without mishap. She remained in Northwest waters until 1916 and lasted until 1946, when she was accidentally burned near Port Clinton, Ohio (p. 252). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/24 Success1-2
Convict ship Success at Seattle
1915
2/24 Success3 1915
2/24 Success4-5 1915
Sunland
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2/24 Sunland1 Between 1870 and 1920?
Susie
The steamer Susie was built at Seattle in 1879 and operated on the Tacoma-North Bay run until 1897, when she was sold to the Franco-American Canning Co. at Fairhaven as a cannery tender (p. 20). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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2/24 Susie1 Between 1879 and 1897
2/24 Susie2
Sternwheel steamer Susie
Goetzman (Photographer)
Written on photo: Off for Cape Nome. Dawson. A.C. Co. Steamer.
Between 1897 and 1904
Svea
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1/21 HelenP.Drew1 Between 1904 and 1950?
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Tacoma
There were multiple ships named Tacoma.
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3/1 TacomaA1
U.S.S. Tacoma at dock
Written on photo: U.S.S. Tacoma. Navy Yard N.Y. Dec 30 04.Written on mount: United States Cruiser Tacoma p. 288.
December 30, 1904
3/1 TacomaA2
U.S.S. Tacoma in Tacoma harbor
Written on verso: United States Cruiser Tacoma in harbor of Tacoma p. 288.
Between 1903 and 1924
3/1 TacomaB1-B2
Steamship Tacoma
The epitome of Northwest inland steam vessels was reached in 1913 with the commissioning of the steel express steamer Tacoma for the Seattle-Tacoma route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. She was of 836 tons and driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion engine. On her first regular run in service between Seattle and Tacoma on June 24, the Tacoma covered the distance, dock to dock, in 77 minutes (pp. 219-220). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1938
3/1 TacomaB3
Steamship Tacoma and ferries
The epitome of Northwest inland steam vessels was reached in 1913 with the commissioning of the steel express steamer Tacoma for the Seattle-Tacoma route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. She was of 836 tons and driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion engine. On her first regular run in service between Seattle and Tacoma on June 24, the Tacoma covered the distance, dock to dock, in 77 minutes (pp. 219-220). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1938
3/1 TacomaB4
Lifeboats aboard the steamship Tacoma
The epitome of Northwest inland steam vessels was reached in 1913 with the commissioning of the steel express steamer Tacoma for the Seattle-Tacoma route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. She was of 836 tons and driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion engine. On her first regular run in service between Seattle and Tacoma on June 24, the Tacoma covered the distance, dock to dock, in 77 minutes (pp. 219-220). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1938
3/1 TacomaB5
Steamship Tacoma
The epitome of Northwest inland steam vessels was reached in 1913 with the commissioning of the steel express steamer Tacoma for the Seattle-Tacoma route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. She was of 836 tons and driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion engine. On her first regular run in service between Seattle and Tacoma on June 24, the Tacoma covered the distance, dock to dock, in 77 minutes (pp. 219-220). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1938
3/1 TacomaB6
Steamship Tacoma
The epitome of Northwest inland steam vessels was reached in 1913 with the commissioning of the steel express steamer Tacoma for the Seattle-Tacoma route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. She was of 836 tons and driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion engine. On her first regular run in service between Seattle and Tacoma on June 24, the Tacoma covered the distance, dock to dock, in 77 minutes (pp. 219-220). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Between 1913 and 1938
3/1 TacomaC1
Steamship Tacoma
Written on mount: SS Tacoma Hamburg American Line 1938.
1938
Tacoma Maru
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SOS1/5 TacomaMaru1
S.S. Tacoma Maru docked in Commencement Bay, Tacoma
Written on verso: First O.S.K. [Osaka Shosen Kaisha] Boat landed at CM&PS [Chicago, Milwaukee, & Puget Sound Railway Co.] Oriental dock Tacoma. Sunday Aug 1, 1909 5 pm.
August 1, 1909
SOS1/5 TacomaMaru2
Cargo from the S.S. Tacoma Maru in warehouse in Tacoma
August 1, 1909
Tamalpais
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3/1 Tamalpais1
Steam schooner Tamalpais being towed in Grays Harbor, Washington
Written on verso: Steam schooner "Tamalpais" built in Hoquiam Wash. 1906. She is shown towing into Grays Harbor in waterlogged condition. She was repaired and operated until 1931 when she was broken up for scrap.
Between 1906 and 1931
Tanner
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3/1 Tanner1 1902
Tatoosh
The Tatoosh was built by Moran Bros. Co. in Seattle in 1900 and was a 277-ton vessel. She had a distinguished career on North Pacific waters which was to include the saving of dozens of lives from the violence of the sea (p. 61). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/2 Tatoosh1 February 22, 1900
3/2 Tatoosh2 Between 1900 and 1940?
3/2 Tatoosh3 Between 1900 and 1940?
T.C. Power
The T.C. Power was built by Moran Bros. Co. in 1897 for the North American Transportation & Trading Co. for service on the Yukon (p. 16 and p. 30). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/2 T.C.Power1 Between 1897 and 1920?
3/2 T.C.Power2 Between 1897 and 1920?
T.C. Reed
The T.C. Reed was built in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1897 for service at Grays Harbor. She was sold in 1902 to Elliot and Pope for service on Puget Sound (p. 81). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/2 T.C.Reed1 Between 1901 and 1918
Temple Bar
The British tramp steamship Temple Bar, a 4,291-ton vessel owned by the Temple Steamship Co. of London, stranded on the Washington coast near La Push on April 8, 1939 while outward bound from Puget Sound with a cargo of scrap metal. Although the vessel became a total loss, most of the cargo was salvaged by the Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Boise, Idaho, which purchased the wreck from the underwriters (p. 475). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/2 TempleBar1 1939
Tetas
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SOS1/5 Tetas1
Bark Tetas
Written on verso: St. Aux Barque "TETAS" U.S.N. circa 1890-1900. The "Tetas" Flag ship. My father served on sometime prior to his marriage in Sept. 1903.
Between 1890 and 1900?
Thetis
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3/2 Thetis1 Between 1900 and 1916
Tilikum
Capt. John C. Voss, one of the most colorful and adventurous of the old-time British Columbia mariners, became convinced that the Indian dugout canoe of the Pacific Northwest constituted the ideal small sea boat. He obtained a 50-year-old Nootka dugout in 1901, rebuilding it as a 38-foot, three-masted schooner. In this remarkable craft, which he named Tilikum, he sailed three quarters of the way around the world in somewhat over three years, calling at Suva, Sydney, N.S.W., Tasmania, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, and finally to Margate, England. The Tilikum was placed on display at the London Marine Exhibition of 1905. Capt. Voss left the Tilikum and returned to Victoria via Yokohama and for some time the gallant little vessel rotted away on the Thames tideflats. Before she was beyond repair, however, she was acquired by the noted British yachtsmen A.W.E. and A. Byford, who refitted her and returned her to Victoria by freighter. (pg. 331) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/2 Tilikum1 Between 1937 and 1965?
Tillicum
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3/2 Tillicum1 Between 1901 and 1922
Tillikum
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3/3 Tillikum1 Between 1959 and 1980?
T.J. Potter
The T.J. Potter was built prior to 1896 and was abandoned in 1921 (p. 5 and p. 329). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). The ship was rebuilt in 1901. She was condemned for passenger use in 1916, several years before she was abandoned.
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3/3 T.J.Potter1 Between 1888 and 1921
3/3 T.J.Potter2 Between 1888 and 1921?
3/3 T.J.Potter3 Between 1901 and 1910
3/3 T.J.Potter4 Between 1888 and 1921
Tonquin
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3/3 Tonquin1
Illustration of the Battle of Woody Point including the ship Tonquin
Written on photo: Attack and massacre of crew of ship Tonquin by the savages of the N.W. coast.
Between 1811 and 1950?
Totem
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3/3 Totem1 Between 1900 and 1950?
Tourist
The old sternwheeler Skagit Chief, later the Port Orchard, went through another reincarnation in 1907, being rebuilt by Carlson Bros. at Port Blakely as the Tourist for the Navy Yard Route of the Puget Sound Navigation Co. The old house and machinery went into a new hull, Tourist being registered as a new vessel (p. 140). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/3 Tourist1 Between 1907 and 1930?
Transocean
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3/3 Transocean1
Steam schooner Transocean
Written on verso: Salmon Cannery Boat "Transocean."
Between 1880 and 1930?
Traveler
Tug Traveler built 1886 in North Bend, Oregon, by John Kruse. This fine log tug was well known on Grays Harbor as a "bar tug" used for towing the sailing vessels across the Grays Harbor bar.
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3/3 Traveler1 Between 1886 and 1930?
1/3 Arago1 Between 1891 and 1914
2/1 J.M.Weatherwax2
Three-masted schooner J.M. Weatherwax being towed by tug Traveler on Hoquiam River, Washington
Written on verso: Aberdeen built schooner, 3 m. J.M. Weatherwax under tow of tug Traveler, Hoquiam River, W.T.Filed under J.M. Weatherwax subseries.
Between 1890 and 1909
2/7 Melrose1 Between 1902 and 1930?
Triton
The Triton was built at the Anderson Yard in Houghton for the Lake Washington service of the Anderson Steamboat Co. She was a 49-ton passenger steamer and 78 feet in length (p. 159). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/4 Triton1-2 Between 1909 and 1915?
3/4 Triton3
Steamships Triton and Aquilo, probably on Lake Washington
Between 1909 and 1938
Tyee
The Tyee was built before 1896 and was sold in 1916 to the Port Blakely Mill Co. for use in connection with the shipbuilding activities of the Skinner & Eddy Corporation at Port Blakely (p. 6 and p. 263). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/4 Tyee1 Between 1884 and 1916?
3/4 Tyee2
Steam tug Tyee
Written on mount: Fulton. Pt Townsend Wash.
June 19, 1897
3/4 Tyee3
Steam tug Tyee
Written on verso: Tug TYEE, 1899, Capt. J.B. Libby, owner.
1899
Tyrrell
The Tyrrell was built in 1898 by the Canadian Pacific Railroad at its yards in False Creek, Vancouver. She eventually saw service on the lower Yukon River (p. 28 and p. 31). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/4 Tyrrell1 Between 1898 and 1918
Union Flag
The Union Fish Company of San Francisco, in 1905, built and sent north the launch Union Flag (7 net tons), equipped with a 40 h. p. Union engine, and she was the first power vessel to be utilized as a transporter between the Alaska shore stations...her headquarters being at the Pirate Cove station of Popof Island in the Shumagin Islands (p. 4). Notes from Pacific Motor Boat, Vol. 12, Issue 1, October 1919.
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3/4 UnionFlag1 Between 1905 and 1930?
Utopia
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3/4 Utopia1
Steamship Utopia
Written on verso: "Utopia" wood passenger. 123' 8" long, 24' 6" beam, 9' 1" hold. Gross 423, net 350. Built at Seattle 1893. Soon was put on the Vancouver Route. Engine second set 1908 Triple 10-16-26 x 16 meters 180 lbs. steam. Built for G.W. McGregor to succeed the "J.R. McDonald" on Seattle-Vancouver freight run. Rebuilt as passenger boat in 1898 and used for two years to S.E. and S.W. Alaska ports, with a trip to St. Michael included. In 1900, bought by La Connor Trading and Trans. Co. and placed on South Whatcom route with some service on Victoria run. Worn out by their successors, the Puget Sound Navigation Co. on the "straits" run and as spare boat. Burned for metal at Richmond Beach in 1929. Her engines went into the Vashona.
Between 1893 and 1929
Valencia
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3/5 Valencia1
Passenger steamer Valencia
Written on photo: Pacific Steam Whaling Co.'s S.S. Valencia.
Between 1882 and 1906
3/5 Valencia2 1906?
3/5 Valencia3 1906?
3/5 Valencia4 1906?
Vashon
The Vashon was built in 1930 at Houghton for the Seattle-Vashon-Harper route of the Kitsap County Transportation Co. The main power plant of the , at that time the largest diesel ferry in operation oVashonn Puget Sound, was a 1,000-horsepower, eight-cylinder Washington diesel (p. 402). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/5 Vashon1 Between 1930 and 1970?
Verona
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3/5 Verona1 Between 1910 and 1936
Victoria
The Victoria was formerly the Parthia (p. 98). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/5 Victoria1 Between 1892 and 1954
3/5 Victoria2 Between 1892 and 1954
3/5 Victoria3 Between 1892 and 1954
3/5 Victoria4
Advertisement for the steamship Victoria for trips from Seattle to Nome
Written on verso: From Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7-1-1904, p.3.
July 1, 1904
3/5 Victoria5 Between 1898 and 1930?
Victorian
The Victorian was built at Portland in 1891. She was 243 feet long and equipped with triple-expansion engines large enough to drive an ocean liner. She was built for Seattle-Victoria service. However, her wooden hull was too light for her engines and her career was a long series of mechanical breakdowns (p. 15). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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3/6 Victorian1
Steamship Victorian
Written on mount: S.S. Victorian, Union Steamship Co., 1897.
1897
Vigilant
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3/6 Vigilant1
Schooner Vigilant on the Chehalis River at Aberdeen, Washington
Written on verso: Vigilant - Chehalis River - Aberdeen, Wash. Skipper Capt. Matt Peasley. The ship and skipper were the featured ones in "Cappy Ricks" articles that ran in Saturday Evening Post for many years.
Between 1880 and 1930?
Vincennes
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3/6 Vincennes1
Drawing of the sloop of war Vincennes
A.T. Agate (Artist)
Written on image: Vincennes on San Francisco Bar.
Between 1826 and 1867?
Virginia III
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3/6 VirginiaIII1
Passenger ferry Virginia III
Written on verso: Virginia III, wood Passenger. Gross 91 net 71 engines 92.8 x 19.4 x 5.5 1910 Tacoma. Built for Lorenz Bros. to serve the Tacoma-Henderson Bay route replacing the steam whaler "Tyconda." Original name was "Typhoon" the second of the name. About 1914 passed to West Pass Trans Co. for the Tacoma-Seattle-West Pass route and was re-named "Virginia III" at that time. In the 1920s Capt. Ed Lorenz again took over the boat for the South Ludlow and various routes. He re-named her again the "Narada." Laid up in Lake Union in the mid 1930s and finally taken over by Capt. Howard Parker who changed the name to "Salmon King" and used her in passenger ferry service from Keyport to Bremerton. Retired and laid up in Lake Union 1944.
Between 1914 and 1927
Virginia V
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3/6 VirginiaV1
Steamship Virginia V
Written on verso: Virginia V. Gross 122 net 83 - 115.9 x 24.1 x 7.1 Wood - Passenger. Built 1922 in Olalla Wash. for West Passage Transportation Co - for Seattle-Tacoma-West Passage run, until 1936 - and seasonably thereafter until 1942 - then on Columbia River from Portland to Astoria route. Returned to Puget Sound 1944 - in March.
Between 1922 and 1938?
3/6 VirginiaV2
Steamship Virginia V
Written on verso: Virginia V. Wood - Passenger. Gross 122 new 83 - 115.9 x 24.1 x 7.1 - 1922 Olalla Wash. Built for West Pass Trasp. Co - Seattle-Tacoma-West Pass run. Until 1936 - and seasonably thereafter until 1942 - there on Columbia River for Portland-Astoria route. Returned to the Sound March 1944.
Between 1922 and 1958?
Volunteer
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3/6 Volunteer1
Steam launch Volunteer at dock
Written on verso: The "Volunteer" at the dock. The "Elk" in the distance.
Between 1880 and 1920?
Wanderer
Box/Folder item
3/6 Wanderer1 Between 1890 and 1940
U.S.S. Washington
Box/Folder item
3/6 Washington1
Battleship U.S.S. Washington
Written on photo: US Cruiser Washington.
Between 1905 and 1916
Washington of Kirkland
Box/Folder item
3/7 WashingtonofKirkland1
Men aboard ferry Washington of Kirkland on Lake Washington
Between 1908 and 1920?
box-folder:oversize
SOS1/5 WashingtonofKirkland2
Ferry Washington of Kirkland
Between 1908 and 1920?
Wasp
The steam schooner Wasp was built before 1913 (p. 222). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/7 Wasp1 Between 1904 and 1925
West Camargo
Box/Folder item
3/7 WestCamargo1 Between 1890 and 1940?
West Nilus
Box/Folder item
3/7 WestNilus1 Between 1920 and 1944
West Notus
Box/Folder item
3/7 WestNotus1 Between 1920 and 1944
West Seattle
Box/Folder item
3/7 WestSeattle1 Between 1907 and 1914?
3/7 WestSeattle2 Between 1907 and 1920?
Whitehorse
The Whitehorse was built in 1901 by the British Yukon Navigation Co. at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, having a tonnage of 1,120 and dimensions of 171x36.3x5.6. She made her final voyage on the Yukon River in 1953 (p. 69 and p. 583). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/7 Whitehorse1 Between 1901 and 1940
3/7 Whitehorse2
Sternwheel steamboat Whitehorse at Dawson, Yukon Territory
Written on verso: Whitehorse leaving Dawson.
Between 1901 and 1940
3/7 Whitehorse3
Sternwheel steamboat Whitehorse on the Upper Yukon River
Written on verso: Loading wood on the Upper Yukon. The first we got off.
Between 1901 and 1910
Wickersham
Box/Folder item
3/7 Wickersham1
Steamer MV Wickersham in Alaska
Written on verso: State of Alaska M/V WICKERSHAM, 1,000+ passengers, 100+ vehicles, berths for 384.
Between 1968 and 1974
Willapa
There were multiple ships named Willapa.
Box/Folder item
3/8 WillapaA1
Steamship Willapa in Juneau, Alaska
Written on verso: WILLAPA at Juneau, Alaska, March 1897. (Orig. called GENERAL MILES.) Later renamed BELLINGHAM.
March 1897
3/8 WillapaB1 Between 1940 and 1980?
Will H. Isom
The Will H. Isom was built in 1901 at Ballard, Washington, for the North American Transportation & Trading Co. She was the largest towboat ever to operate on the Yukon, being 983 tons with dimensions of 183.8x36.5x5.6. She was fitted to carry passengers and freight, as well as to handle two or more large freight barges (pp 67-68). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/8 WillH.Isom1 Between 1901 and 1903
3/8 WillH.Isom2a-b
Sternwheel steamboat Will H. Isom and crew in winter quarters at Stewart River, Yukon Territory
Written on verso of item WillH.Isom2b: Winter Quarters - 1900-1901, Stewart River, Y.T.
Between 1900 and 1901
William F. Monroe
Sternwheeler Wm. F. Monroe was built at Seattle in 1883 for Capt. William F. Monroe, who operated her on the Seattle, Bellingham Bay and Nooksack River route, and later in the Snohomish and Skagit Rivers trade from Seattle. Converted to a towboat in 1894 and was wrecked at Sterling Bend on the Skagit River in 1896 (p. 7). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
2/9 Nellie1
Steamboats Nellie and Wm. F. Monroe at dock
Written on verso: Nellie & Wm. F. Monroe. Nellie built at Seattle 1876, 55.03 or 100 tons. Wm. F. Monroe built at Seattle 1883, 99.81 tons.Filed under Nellie subseries.
Between 1883 and 1896
William H. Smith
The Bath-built former wooden ship William H. Smith of 1883, having pursued a varied career for a full generation on the Pacific Coast as full-rigged ship, floating cannery, coal barge, five-masted schooner and, since 1932 as a fishing barge off Monterey, California, broke from her moorings April 14, 1933, and stranded on the beach, becoming a total loss. The 1,978-ton William H. Smith was generally referred to among Pacific Coast seamen as "Big Smit" and the 566-ton Hall-built schooner Wm. H. Smith as "Little Smith" (p. 425). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/8 WilliamH.Smith1
Schooner William H. Smith
Written on verso: Ship Wm. H. Smith, floating cannery and cold storage plant.
between 1911 and 1917
Willie
Box/Folder item
3/8 Willie1
Sternwheel steamboat Willie
Written on verso: Willie. Built at Seattle 1883. 67' long 15' beam. 4 ½ hold. 55.94 tons. Ran out of Olympia.
Between 1883 and 1905
Wilson G. Hunt
Box/Folder item
3/8 WilsonG.Hunt1
Sidewheel steamer Wilson G. Hunt
Written on mount: S.S. Wilson G. Hunt. Only steeple engine type ship on west coast. Being dismantled?
Between 1860 and 1890?
3/8 WilsonG.Hunt2 Between 1860 and 1890?
Winema
The Winema, a 125-foot sternwheeler with three decks but a draft of less than 25 inches, was launched on Klamath Lake in 1904 for the Klamath Lake Navigation Co. She provided freight and passenger service between Klamath Falls and towns and logging camps on the north and west shores of the lake (p. 106). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/8 Winema1 1905
3/8 Winema2 1905
U.S.S. Wisconsin
Box/Folder item
2/9 Nebraska5
Ships U.S.S. Nebraska, U.S.S. Colorado, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and U.S.S. Wisconsin at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington
Written on verso: The Big Four. Advance guard of U.S. naval rendezvous scheduled for North Pacific Ocean this summer on arrival of Atlantic fleet under Admiral Evans. Scene at Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton opposite Seattle). Reading from left to right: Battleship Nebraska, Armored Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania, Battleship Wisconsin.Filed under Nebraska subseries.
Between 1905 and 1916
W.J. Patterson
The W.J. Patterson was a four-masted schooner built by John Lindstrom at Aberdeen, Washington, in 1901. In 1918, she was sold and moved to Mobile, Alabama. She was scrapped in 1923 after being damaged in a storm (p. 299 and p. 344). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/9 W.J.Patterson1 Between 1901 and 1918
3/9 W.J.Patterson2 Between 1901 and 1905
3/2 T.C.Reed1 Between 1901 and 1918
W.K. Merwin
The W.K. Merwin was a 108-foot sternwheeler of 230 tons. She was built at Seattle in 1883, laid up in 1894, and came out again in 1896 to try several sound and river routes, including the Olympia-Shelton and Skagit River runs, before going north. On January 19, 1897, in operation on the Skagit River, she collided with the half-open drawspan of the railway bridge at Mt. Vernon. All the upperworks to the smokestack were demolished, and the pilot house and texas reduced to kindling (p. 8 and p. 15). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
Box/Folder item
3/9 W.K.Merwin1
Sternwheel steamer W.K. Merwin at Rink Rapids on the Yukon River
Rink Rapids located five miles below Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River. Information from the Rand McNally Guide to Alaska and the Yukon, 1922.
Between 1883 and 1897?
3/9 W.K.Merwin2 Between 1883 and 1897?
U.S.S. Wyoming
Box/Folder item
3/9 Wyoming1 Between 1902 and 1908
Yosemite
Box/Folder item
3/9 Yosemite1
Sidewheel steamship Yosemite in Gamble Bay, Washington
Written on verso: Passenger boat Yosemite with excursion from Georgetown, Seattle. Entering Gamble Bay. Just about where picture of old Galiah was taken. This was a big boat and could make around 14 knots.
Between 1906 and 1908
Zephyr
There were multiple ships named Zephyr.
Box/Folder item
3/9 ZephyrA1
Steamer Zephyr at Port Madison, Washington
Written on verso: Trinity Church picnic. Port Madison. June 1, 1876.
June 1, 1876
3/9 ZephyrB1 Between 1890 and 1950?
Zinita
Box/Folder item
3/9 Zinita1
British bark Zinita stranded on Copalis Beach, Washington
The British bark Zinita, bound for Portland for wheat, went ashore November 8, 1896, five miles north of Grays Harbor, but was successfully refloated two weeks later (p. 7). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).Written on verso: Scottish barque Zinita stranded near Copalis Beach, Wash. 1907. this fine steel sailing vessel was refloated and towed to Seattle where she was sold to Norwegian owners and renamed Sorknes[in 1910].
1896

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Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
3/10 UNS1
Ship at dock with pulleys loading or unloading cargo
Between 1890 and 1940?
3/10 UNS2
Lounge room of ship interior
Possibly interior of the City of Seattle.
Between 1890 and 1946?
Small boats
Box/Folder item
3/11 UNSB1
Man standing in dinghy aboard larger ship
Other covered dinghy visible, named Port Townsend
Between 1890 and 1940?
3/11 UNSB2
Small boat tied up along shore
Between 1890 and 1940?
3/11 UNSB3
Man sitting in riverboat tied up at dock
Between 1870 and 1940?
Sailing ships
Box/Folder item
3/12 UNSAIL1
One-masted sailboat in water with men and women aboard
Written on verso: Leary - Grand Trunk Dock. Scott Calhoun, Alaskan Bldg. Stanley Griffiths - Bert Griffiths, Globe Bldg. Capt. Jas. Griffiths.
Between 1890 and 1940?
3/12 UNSAIL2
Bow of sailing ship in water with sails raised
Between 1890 and 1940?
3-masted Sailing Ships
Box/Folder item
3/13 UNT1-5
Profile of three-masted ship in water
Between 1870 and 1930?
3/13 UNT6
Bow of ship at sail
Between 1870 and 1930?
4-masted Sailing Ships
Box/Folder item
3/14 UNFOUR1-2
Profile of ship with raised sails in water
Between 1870 and 1930?
3/14 UNFOUR3
Ship being towed by tugboat
Between 1870 and 1930?
5-masted Sailing Ships
Box/Folder item
3/15 UNFIVE1
Profile of ship with raised sails in water
Between 1870 and 1930?
3/15 UNFIVE2
Bow of ship with raised sails and man crouching in foreground on other boat
Between 1870 and 1930?
6-masted Sailing Ships
Box/Folder item
3/16 UNSIX1
A coal-carrying cargo ship, or collier, with raised sails in water
Written on verso: One of the two sister ships - Colliers - largest sailers now under sail.
Between 1900 and 1925?
Steamboats & Steamships
Box/Folder item
3/17 UNSS1
Two-masted U.S. Fisheries steamer with passengers aboard
Between 1890 and 1930?
3/17 UNSS2
Cargo steamship in profile in water
Between 1900 and 1950?

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Subject Terms

  • Ships--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)