Copy of customer's negative. Side view of a Sportsman Royal van, taken in early August of 1976, for the Superior Bus NW, Inc. The Dodge vehicle was a full-sized van with side windows and passenger seating. The Sportsman signature name was phased out after 1980. (en.wikipedia.org-article)

Dodge automobile;

Undated photograph of gunboat #12 as it churns through calm waters. The ship is flying the American flag. It is possible that the patrol vessel was undergoing sea trials at the time. Photograph ordered on October 28, 1974, by Tacoma Boatbuilding.

Gunboats; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Undated photograph of the "Firecracker," a fishing boat, as requested by Martinolich Shipbuilding. The vessel is passing quietly through the waters of Commencement Bay; a glimpse of one of Kaiser's aluminum domes is visible on the far right of the photograph.

Fishing boats--Tacoma; Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

This unidentified vessel, believed to be a Navy gunboat, was in dry dock at Tacoma Boatbuilding in January of 1970. It appears that the paint on the boat has been stripped.

Gunboats--United States; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980;

The "Lori Ann" docked outside Tacoma Marine Supply in late February, 1969. She may have been a crab boat. A small "for sale" sign is posted in the pilothouse. Work order placed by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co.

Boats--Tacoma;

ca. 1968. View of USS Ready, an Asheville Class gunboat, which had been commissioned on January 6, 1968. The PG-87 was built by Tacoma Boatbuilding and named after a town in Kentucky. The 165-foot aluminum gunboat was launched on May 12, 1967. Tacoma Boatbuilding had a contract to build twelve gunboats; the USS Ready was the sixth in the series. (TNT 5-13-67, p. 2; www.navsource.org/archives/12/11087.htm)

Gunboats--United States; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

PG-92 at Tacoma Boatbuilding. The USS Tacoma, a patrol gunboat, had been launched in April of 1968. The above photograph was taken about six months later as the vessel was undergoing further work. She would be commissioned in July of 1969.

Gunboats--United States; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Additional work on PG-92, the USS Tacoma, in drydock at Tacoma Boatbuilding in mid-October, 1968. The patrol gunboat, eighth in a series of twelve being built for the Navy, had been successfully launched in April of 1968. It would be commissioned in July of 1969. The Tacoma would earn two battle stars during the Vietnam War.

Gunboats--United States; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Wharf scene on Commencement Bay, terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Tacoma, Washington Territory. Photograph was taken circa 1885. Masted ships are docked waiting to unload/load cargo.

View of three ships including a sidewheeler at the Northern Pacific dock, Tacoma, Washington Territory. The sidewheeler included in this circa 1885 photograph is possibly the "North Pacific," an early steamboat that operated in Puget Sound. Several people are already on board. KING-004, TPL-1096

Steam schooner Julia H. Ray lost on Coos Bay Bar

Sailing ships; Schooners; Steam Ships;

Unknown sailing ship

Sailing ships;

USS Constitution.

Sailing ships; Frigates;

Ship name: Skagit

Sailing ships; Barkentines;

Ship name: M. P. Grace

Sailing ships;

Ship name: Glory of the Seas

Sailing ships; Clipper ships;

Ship name: Cutty Sark

Sailing ships;

Ship name: Challenger

Sailing ships;

Ship name: George Skofield

Sailing ships;

Ship name: Grey Feather

Sailing ships;

Clipper Flying Cloud.

Sailing ships;

Bark Brown Brothers

Sailing ships; barks; barques;

The iron barque 'Pass of Leny', 1316 tons, under sail, 233.5 x 36.4 x 31.4. Built 1885 London and Glasgow Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Glasgow. Owners: Gibson and Clark, registered Glasgow. c.1910 sold to Italians and renamed 'Minerva'. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/17/41, retrieved 02/19/2019)

Sailing ships; Iron ships; Barks Barques;

Unknown bark

Sailing ships; Barks, Barques;

Ship name: Occidental

Sailing ships;

The iron ship 'Brynhilda', 1502 tons, 240.5 x 38.0 x 221.7. Built 1885 Brynhilda Ship Co. (JW Carmichael) reg. Glasgow: c.1906 Harvard Shipping Co. (River Plate Co. Ltd) reg. Glasgow during WW1 she passed to American owners without change of name. It is said that her chief claim to fame was an exceptionally fast run from the River Plate to the Semaphore, Port Adelaide in 1905. ((State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/24/80, retrieved 02/15/2019)

Sailing ships; Iron ships;

The Everett G. Griggs was a Canadian six-masted barkentine, built 1883 at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as the four-masted ship Lord Wolseley. Lord Wolseley delivered to Irish Shipowners Co. (T. Dixon & Sons), Belfast. 1898 sold to J.C. Tidemann & Co., Bremen, was reduced to barque rig and renamed Columbia. 1904 sold to C.E. Peabody, Vancouver, was remasted and rerigged to a six-masted barkentine and renamed Everett G. Griggs. 1910 sold to E.R. Stirling, Blaine, WA, and was renamed E.R. Sterling. Broken up at Sunderland in 1928. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Everett_G._Griggs_(ship,_1883). Captured 02/14/2019)

Sailing ships; Barkentines; Barques; Barks;

Muskoka. Four-masted steel bark, built 1891 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, England. Lenght 316', breath 40', depth 26'6", tonnage 2,350. (Industries and Iron, V. 11, October 9, 1891, p. 352)

Sailing ships; Barks; Barques;

Tweedsdale. Four masted iron barque 'Tweedsdale', 1460 tons, under sail iron 4 mast barque, 1460 tons, ON76767, 244.4 x 37.4 x 22.6. Built 1877 (4) Barclay, Curle and Co. Glasgow. Owners: J&A Roxburgh, registered Glasgow, later Hatfield, Cameron and Co. Said to have been the first iron hulled sailing ship [and also the smallest ever built] rigged as a four mast barque. (State Library of South Australia, B 3456, PRG 1218/3 or OH 456/1, Digital Collections, South Australiana Collection, Photographs, A. D. Edwardes Collection, https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/18/43)

Sailing ships;

Bark Gatherer.

Sailing ships;