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D18264-6
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- 1944-09-29 (Creation)
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Allen Petrich, Sr., is aboard a modified tuna tender in this photograph from 1944. His father, Martin Petrich, Sr., and others started Western Boat Building Co. in 1916. The Petrichs' five sons, Hervey, Allen, Martin Jr., Jim and Jack, helped Western Boat Building become a well known and respected business in Tacoma. They built government vessels, commercial fishing vessels and pleasure boats. The modified tuna tender above, dubbed the "Patty," had an open cockpit and resembled a racing boat. She was used to travel to and from docks when large tuna clippers could not and was carried aboard the larger ships. (Identification and additional information provided by a reader)
Boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Petrich, Allen;