Diamond Knot
Cargo Ship · United States · Lost 1947 · The Salish Sea
A wartime-built freighter laden with canned salmon collided in Strait of Juan de Fuca fog in 1947, prompting one of the region's most famous salvage efforts.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Timeline
Commissioned for the War Shipping Administration
Transferred to Alaska Steamship Company
Collision in fog and sinking near Port Angeles
Salvage of the canned salmon cargo
Vessel
- 1944
- Consolidated Steel Corporation
- Not established
- Steel
- 326 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- Steam, single screw
- War Shipping Administration; operated by United States Lines (1944–47), then Alaska Steamship Company (1947)
Loss
- August 12, 1947
- Collision
- Strait of Juan de Fuca, near Port Angeles, Washington
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Seattle, Washington
- Canned salmon
- Not established
- Casualty figures are not established in the sources reviewed and must be verified before any statement is published.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
- Subject of a 2013 NOAA screening-level risk assessment for potential oil pollution
Position
- 48.172° N 123.717° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Port Angeles, Washington
A single coordinate is reported in secondary sources and has not been corroborated against a federal survey.
From the Logbook
A salvage more famous than the sinking
The operation to recover her canned salmon cargo is better remembered regionally than the collision itself.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Research in progress. Casualties, depth and the wreck's present condition are not established.
NOAA screening-level risk assessment — Diamond Knot
Wreck identity, pollution risk assessment, location context
MyNorthwest — the Diamond Knot salmon salvage
Cargo, salvage operation, regional significance
Ship class, builder, commissioning, operators, coordinates
