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Virginia V

Virginia V (the “V” is the Roman numeral “5”) is one of two surviving members of the American “mosquito fleet” – the large, unlicensed steamers that worked the inland waters of United States. The mosquito fleet was vital to the early development of Puget Sound: Dozens of similar steamers carried passengers and cargo among Puget [...]

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W.T. Preston

In the 19th century, prehistoric log jams from natural debris prevented river navigation on several Puget Sound area rivers, including the Skagit, Stillaguamish, and Snohomish rivers. Dead trees that reached Puget Sound often became half-submerged “deadheads” that could pierce hulls when struck by a wooden vessel. The federal government began building “snagboats” to remove the [...]

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Swiftsure/Relief

Lightship #83 was launched in Camden, New Jersey, in 1904. She steamed around the tip of South America to her first station at Blunts Reef in California, where she saved 150 people when their ship ran aground in dense fog. Formerly known as Relief and now called Swiftsure, Number 83 had numerous names on her [...]

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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was originally established at Bremerton in 1891 as a naval station and was designated as a US Navy shipyard in 1901. PSNS was the principal repair establishment for the Navy’s battle-damaged battleships and aircraft carriers, as well as smaller warships, of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Five of the [...]

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Port Townsend Historic District

Port Townsend, founded in 1851, is a city of 8,925 which prides itself on its historic charm, maritime heritage, and stunning natural setting

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Fort Worden State Park

Fort Worden State Park and Conference Center is a 434-acre multi-use park with over two miles of saltwater shoreline and a wide variety of services and facilities. The park rests on a high bluff overlooking Puget Sound. Many historic buildings remain at this 19th century military fort.

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Fireboat No. 1

Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma for $148,000. She is 96 feet, six inches long with a 21-foot, six-inch beam and a six-foot draft. Her seven water cannons have a capacity of 10,000 gallons per minute. The vessel was one of the first on the West Coast [...]

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Duwamish

The fireboat Duwamish reigned as the most powerful fireboat in the United States several times over her 75-year working life. Built in 1909 in Seattle for the Seattle Fire Department, she was equipped with three American LaFrance steam piston pumps rated at a capacity of 3,000 gallons per minute each. After an upgrade in 1949, [...]

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Arthur Foss

Located at Lake Union Park, the tugboat Arthur Foss, built in 1889, is the oldest wooden-hulled tug afloat in the United States. She gained worldwide fame when the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio leased the vessel for its 1933 production “Tugboat Annie,” starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. In World War II, Arthur Foss was the last [...]

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Adventuress

The 133' historic schooner Adventuress (1913) is owned and operated by nonprofit Sound Experience. As Puget Sound's environmental tall ship, Adventuress is used as a platform to educate, inspire and empower all to care for the region's waterways.

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