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Puget Sound & Discovery Bay

Sheltered inland waters, timber ports and burning steamers

Puget Sound · Washington · United States

Puget Sound carried the timber, coal and passengers of the young Pacific Northwest, and its narrow, fog-prone waters collected a heavy toll of steamers, schooners and barges.

From the 1850s onward, wooden steamers stitched together Seattle, Port Townsend, Tacoma and the mill towns of Discovery Bay. Collisions in fog, fires at the dock and winter gales sent dozens of vessels down within sight of land, and several of their hulls have since been located and surveyed in the cold green water.

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Records in These Waters

Artistic impression of the A.J. FullerRegistered

A.J. Fuller

AH-WR-0181

Seattle, Washington

1918 · Sailing Ship · 240 ft deep

Artistic impression of the Alaska ReeferHistorical Listing

Alaska Reefer

AH-WR-0824

Indian Island, Port Townsend Bay, Washington

1961 · Net Laying Ship / Fish Packer · 30-60 deep

Artistic impression of the AndelanaAvailable

Andelana

AH-WR-0176

Tacoma, Washington

1899 · Sailing Ship · About 200 to 230 feet deep

Artistic impression of the Anna FossAvailable

Anna Foss

AH-WR-0741

Vashon Island, Washington

1969 · Tugboat · 40 ft deep

Artistic impression of the BurtonAvailable

Burton

AH-WR-0737

Gig Harbor, Washington

1924 · Passenger Steamboat

Artistic impression of the CalistaAvailable

Calista

AH-WR-0476

West Point, Seattle, Washington

1922 · Inland Passenger Ferry

Artistic impression of the CamanoAvailable

Camano

AH-WR-0830

Bainbridge Island, Washington

1917 · Inland Steamboat

Artistic impression of the City of KingstonAvailable

City of Kingston

AH-WR-0177

Tacoma, Washington

1899 · Steamship · About 280 to 300 feet deep

Artistic impression of the DodeAvailable

Dode

AH-WR-0474

Hood Canal, Washington

1910 · Inland Steamboat

Artistic impression of the EagleAvailable

Eagle

AH-WR-0902

Winslow, Bainbridge Island, Washington

1903 · Passenger Ferry

Artistic impression of the FairyAvailable

Fairy

AH-WR-0898

Steilacoom, Washington

1857 · Passenger Steamer

Artistic impression of the FleetwoodAvailable

Fleetwood

AH-WR-0899

Dockton, Vashon Island, Washington

1898, after roughly a decade on Puget Sound · Express Passenger Steamer

Artistic impression of the MultnomahAvailable

Multnomah

AH-WR-0403

Puget Sound, Washington

Date not established · Steamer

Artistic impression of the SequoiaAvailable

Sequoia

AH-WR-0407

Puget Sound, Washington

Date not established · Steamer

Artistic impression of the SS Admiral SampsonAvailable

SS Admiral Sampson

AH-WR-0175

Hansville, Washington

1914 · Steamship · 320 ft deep

Artistic impression of the SS GovernorAvailable

SS Governor

AH-WR-0078

Point Wilson, Port Townsend, Washington

1921 · Passenger Steamship

Artistic impression of the SS KitsapAvailable

SS Kitsap

AH-WR-0901

Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington

1910 · Passenger Steamer · 220 ft deep

Artistic impression of the SS TravelerAvailable

SS Traveler

AH-WR-0897

Foulweather Bluff, Washington

1858 · Passenger And Mail Steamer · 30 deep

Artistic impression of the T.W. LakeAvailable

T.W. Lake

AH-WR-0405

Puget Sound, Washington

Date not established · Steamer

Artistic impression of the ToloAvailable

Tolo

AH-WR-0180

Everett, Washington

1917 · Steamboat · About 120 to 150 feet deep

Artistic impression of the Victor IIAvailable

Victor II

AH-WR-0475

Point Defiance, Tacoma, Washington

1916 · Motor Launch

Artistic impression of the War HawkRegistered

War Hawk

AH-WR-0174

Discovery Bay, Washington

1883 · Clipper Ship · About 25 to 40 feet deep

Artistic impression of the YosemiteAvailable

Yosemite

AH-WR-0833

Port Orchard Narrows, Washington

1909 · Inland Steamboat

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