File:Steamer CHIPPEWA and war vessels entering Elliott Bay, Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 855).jpg
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English: Steamer CHIPPEWA and war vessels entering Elliott Bay, Seattle, ca. 1912 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Steamer CHIPPEWA and war vessels entering Elliott Bay, Seattle, ca. 1912 |
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English: Operated as part of the famed "Mosquito Fleet" of the Puget Sound, and later for Washington State Ferries, for six decades . In 1906, Joshua Green negotiated the purchase of the CHIPPEWA, then serving on the Great Lakes, for the Puget Sound Navigation Co. It served the Seattle-Victoria route. In March of 1908, the CHIPPEWA collided with and sunk the sailing schooner LYDIA, killing two. By 1910. the vessel had been placed on the Bellingham-Seattle route. In 1911 the vessel was placed on the Seattle-Tacoma route. In 1917, the CHIPPEWA was used by the U.S. Shipping Board as a training vessel for junior deck officers and returned to the Puget Sound Navigation Co. after WWI in 1920.
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Depicted place | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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circa 1912 date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: nitrate negative |
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height: 5.7 in (14.6 cm); width: 3.5 in (88.9 mm) dimensions QS:P2048,5.75U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,3.5U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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Order Number InfoField | TRA882 |
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