Geschichte
This patrol vessel was built in 1882 by U.S. Navy Yard (Brooklyn NY).
Historische Notizen
In 1888 this vessel carried on surveys, in company with U.S.C.G.S.S. Cosmos, from Cape Muson AK to the head of the Portland Canal. This work was carried on until 1891 when they were discontinued at the request of the Canadian Government. On December 11, 1938 this vessel, while en route Kodiak Alaska to Seattle WA, ran aground 8 miles northwest of Cape Fairweather in the Gulf of Alaska near the mouth of Sea Otter Creek with the loss of the master and the winchman.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1888-1918 she was owned by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Service.
In 1918-1919 she was owned by the United States Navy.
In 1919 she was owned by the Washington Tug and Barge Co.
In 1924 she was owned by C.K. West Co., Portland OR USA.
In 1925 she was owned by Northern Whaling and Trading Co., San Francisco CA USA.
In 1926-1927 she was owned by Todd Dry Docks Inc., Seattle WA USA.
She was owned the the Alaska Patterson Co.
Kapitäne
Captain Gustaf F. Swanson (1938);
Referenzen
- Sandilands, R.W. (1965)
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927
- Gibbs, Jim (1986) Peril At Sea
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Atglen PA USA
