T.W. Lake
Pier 3, Seattle , 1915 or earlier.
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| History | |
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| Name | T.W. Lake |
| Owner | La Conner Trading & Trans. Co., others later |
| Builder | T.W. Lake |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Out of service | 1923 |
| Identification | US registry #145700 |
| Fate | Lost with all hands in Rosario Strait. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland steamboat |
| Tonnage | 191 gross tons |
| Length | 96.5 ft (29.41 m) |
| Beam | 24.9 ft (7.59 m) |
| Installed power | Twin compound steam engines, developing about 100 hp (75 kW); later 45 hp (34 kW) twin diesel engines. |
| Propulsion | Twin propellers |
| Notes | Reconstructed from hulk of steamer Annie M. Pence |
T.W. Lake was a steamboat that ran on
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
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Career
T.W. Lake was built in 1896 by the T.W Lake shipyard for the firm of
Puget Sound Navigation Co. ("PSN") after that company purchased LCT&T. In 1905 PSN sold the freighter to the Merchants Transportation Company. In 1916 T.W. Lake was fitted with Barlow freight elevator. In 1918 the vessel was completely reconstructed from the boiler room forward. The steam engines were removed and were replaced by two Fairbanks-Morse 45 horsepower (34 kW) diesel engines.[1]
Lost with all hands
On December 5, 1923, operating in the
Roche Harbor to Anacortes, Washington with a cargo of 700 barrels of lime, under Capt. Elmore Ellsworth Mason and chief engineer Joseph Larsen. Crossing Rosario Strait, at 7:15 p.m., the freighter encountered wind speeds of 72 miles per hour, and foundered off Lopez Island. All fourteen (14) men aboard were lost.[1]
News clippings state 15 Men, after some research one crew member did not board the vessel.(T.Hughes)
Notes
References
- Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
- Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, Superior Publishing (2nd Ed. 1960).
- Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1995)
- US Steamboat Inspection Service, Annual Report of the Supervising Inspector General for fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. (accessed 06-02-11)
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