SS Kitsap
Passenger Steamer · United States · Lost 1910 · Puget Sound & Discovery Bay
A Mosquito Fleet passenger steamer sunk in an Elliott Bay fog collision in 1910, then raised from 220 feet by hardhat divers.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Kitsap ran the Seattle-Poulsbo route for the Kitsap County Transportation Company. On the foggy afternoon of December 14, 1910, she was struck on the port bow by the larger steamer Indianapolis shortly after leaving Pier 4. Her crew and passengers crossed safely onto the Indianapolis before Kitsap filled with water and sank to about 220 feet, one of the deeper documented sinkings in Elliott Bay. She was raised the following year by the Seattle diving firm Henry Finch and Sons.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Steam
- Kitsap County Transportation Company
Loss
- December 14, 1910
- Collision
- Elliott Bay, off Pier 4, Seattle
- Elliott Bay, Puget Sound
- Seattle, Washington → Poulsbo, Washington
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The Wreck Today
- 220 ft
- Raised by salvage divers in 1910/1911 after sinking.
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Position
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- Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (58/100)
Details of Kitsap's post-salvage fate and any later disposition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Collision, sinking depth, evacuation, and 1910/1911 salvage operation.
