SAN JUAN and NEW ENGLAND were part of the North Pacific halibut steamer fleet based in Seattle.
Tender ILWACO
•December 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentThe salmon cannery tender ILWACO was typical of the wooden vessels I worked on in the 1970s as a union mate and captain navigating the Salish Sea, the coast of British Columbia, and Southeast Alaska for New England Fish Company.
Te Vega
•September 3, 2016 • Leave a CommentThe USS Juniata (IX-77), a two-masted, gaff-rigged, topsail schooner, was based in San Francisco during World War II. The 137 foot, steel-hulled, U.S. Navy vessel patrolled the Western Sea Frontier between California and Hawaii. It was sold and renamed Te Vega, and is now used as a sailing and research school.
Waterspout and Whirlpool
•June 12, 2016 • Leave a CommentSeafarers beware the waterspout and whirlpool.
Walnut and Mistletoe
•March 8, 2016 • Leave a CommentTender PETREL
•February 11, 2016 • Leave a CommentA & P cannery tender PETREL (76-ft) in the San Juan Islands.
Beach Mail
•February 11, 2016 • Leave a CommentIn May 1961, the S.S. ISLAND MAIL (474-ft) was beached off Fidalgo Island to prevent sinking, after striking a submerged object off Smith Island between Port Townsend and Anacortes.