The Puget Sound mosquito fleet was a multitude of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby...
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The term Mosquito Fleet has had a variety of naval and commercial uses around the world. In U.S. naval and maritime history, the term has had several meanings:...
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard...
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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. Living to the...
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Virginia V (section Puget Sound Excursion Lines)
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...
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the name "Elliott Bay" in 1895. A local legend says that the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, which peaked in the early 20th century, was so-named by a Seattleite...
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The steam ferry Puget operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the...
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Shelton. Shelton was once served by a small fleet of steamboats which was part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. These boats included the Old Settler, Irene...
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The steamboat Daily operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In later years, Daily was renamed Island Princess and later Cy...
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Juan Islands. Sailing ships, and later, the steamships of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, visited the harbor on a regular basis hauling passengers, mail...
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