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The Puget Sound mosquito fleet was a multitude of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby waterways and rivers. This large group of steamers and sternwheelers plied the waters of Puget Sound, stopping at every waterfront dock. The historical period defining the beginning and end of ...
2 Mosquito fleet list. 3 Ships built for service elsewhere. ... This is a list of steamboats and related vessels which operated on Puget Sound and in western ...
A fleet of small steam vessels which plied the waters of Puget Sound during the late 19th century and early 20th century (see Washington State Ferries and Puget Sound Navigation Company). It was also used to describe the various steamboats and other small craft that served on the rivers and bays of the Oregon coast.
The steamship Verona was a small steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Career. Verona was built in 1910 at the Martinolich shipyard at Dockton, Washington. The ...
The steamship Virginia V is the last operational example of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet steamer. She was once part of a large fleet of small passenger and freight carrying ships that linked the islands and ports of Puget Sound in Washington state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The steamboat Dix operated from 1904 to 1906 as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was sunk in a collision which remains one of the most serious transportation accidents in the state of Washington to this day. [2] In May 2011, it was erroneously reported that wreckage likely to be that of the Dix had been confirmed off Seattle's Alki ...
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Joshua Green (October 16, 1869 – January 24, 1975 [2]) was an American sternwheeler captain, businessman, and banker. He rose from being a seaman to being the dominant figure of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, then sold out his interests and became a banker.