Calista
Inland Passenger Ferry · United States · Lost 1922 · Puget Sound & Discovery Bay
A South Whidbey mail ferry sank in Elliott Bay after a fog collision, with all seventy aboard saved but the mail, and a mayor's chickens, lost.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
The Mosquito Fleet ferry Calista carried passengers and mail along a regular South Whidbey Island route to Seattle. On July 27, 1922, thick fog near West Point led the larger steamship Hawaiian Maru to ram the Calista, which sank within half an hour. Captain Bert Lovejoy and his crew evacuated all 70 people aboard safely; only the mail and a passenger's crate of chickens went down with the ship.
Vessel
- 1911
- Not established
- Washington State
- Wood
- 117 ft
- Not established
- 105
- Steam
- Not established
Loss
- July 27, 1922
- Collision
- Near West Point, entrance to Elliott Bay
- Puget Sound
- Oak Harbor, via Coupeville, Langley, Clinton, Glendale → Seattle
- Mail for four towns
- 70
- 0
- Bert Lovejoy
The Wreck Today
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Position
- 47.66° N 122.44° W
- Approximate position
- West Point, Seattle, Washington
Approximate location near West Point at the entrance to Elliott Bay.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (62/100)
Present condition and precise wreck location on the seabed are not established in the sources reviewed.
South Whidbey Historical Society, 'M/V Calista'
Full loss narrative, dimensions, crew names, casualties.
