Historia
This warship was built in 1863 in Sitka.
Notas históricas
Her last voyage was as a collier for the Eliza Anderson Expedition on its famed gold rush journey north from Seattle in 1897. One of her Russian guns and her whistle (used to signal the opening of the Seattle Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 and the Century 21 Exposition of 1962 is in the collection of the Seattle Museum of History and industry. Another gun is in the collection of the Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma WA USA. This vessel later was refitted with new boilers and brought to Puget Sound to be operated jointly by the Port Blakely and Port Madison mill companies. Charles Vickers was the engineer of the Politkofsky. On that April day the boilers blew up and Vickers was killed in the explosion.
In 1915 this vessel was abandoned at Nome AK.
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1863 she was owned by the Russian American Co., Sitka, Alaskan Territory Russia.
In 1866 she was a gunboat of the Imperial Russian navy.
In 1867 she was transferred with the sale of Alaska to the Government of the United States.
In 1875 she was in service towing logs at Port Blakely WA.
In 1896 she traveled north to Alaska for the Klondyke Gold Rush.
In 1898 she was used as a fuel barge by the tug Richard Holyoke while towing the steamer W.R. Merwin to St. Michael AK.
Armamento
While in service with the Russian America Company she carried 4 small guns.
Referencias
- Newell, G. (1966)
- Affleck, Edward L. (2000)
- www.alaska.boemre.gov ↗
