Crawford and Reid (shipbuilders)
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The firm of Crawford and Reid was a ship building company that had a shipyard at Tacoma Washington in the first half of the 1900s. Vessels constructed by the yard included the passenger steamships Daring, Dix
, Monticello 2
, the sternwheeler S.G. Simpson
, and the steam tugs Echo
and USS Locust (1910)
.
Dix (steamboat)
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....
, Monticello 2
Monticello 2 (steamboat)
The steamboat Monticello operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. The vessel went through several reconstructions and remained in service until 1962, when she was lost in Alaska waters. Her later names were Penaco and Sea Venture...
, the sternwheeler S.G. Simpson
S.G. Simpson (sternwheeler)
The steamboat S.G.Simpson operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. This vessel was later renamed E.G. English.-Construction:S.G. Simpson was designed by Capt...
, and the steam tugs Echo
Echo (steam tug)
The steam tug Echo operated in the early 1900s on Puget Sound.-Construction:Echo was built at Tacoma in 1906 by Crawford and Reid for Captain O. G. Olson...
and USS Locust (1910)
USS Locust (1910)
USS Locust was a tugboat built for the United States Navy in 1910 and served on the U.S. West Coast for several years towing coal barges from Tiburon, California to naval activities where the coal was needed.-Built in Tacoma, Washington:...
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