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Keyword(s): Larry E. Johnson

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Geary, Leslie Edward "Ted" (1885-1960)

Leslie Edward "Ted" Geary was a naval architect who grew up in Seattle. He designed and raced numerous competitive sailing vessels, and also designed commuter yachts, fishing boats, tug boats, and woo...

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Virginia V -- Last of Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet Steamers

Before Washington's state highway system was established, water transport was essential to commerce and public transportation on Puget Sound. The hundreds of small, independent, privately owned vessel...

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Wawona -- Pacific Lumber and Codfishing Schooner

The schooner Wawona, launched at Fairhaven, California, in 1897, was the largest three-masted sailing schooner ever built in North America. For 17 years, the Wawona hauled lumber up and down the Pacif...

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1 Timeline Entry

Steamer Virginia V is launched on March 9, 1922.

On March 9, 1922, the steamer Virginia V is launched. Built by Matthew Anderson on the beach at Maplewood, in Pierce County, Virginia V is the last of a line of working steamers all bearing the name V...

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