C.C. Cherry

History
Name	C.C. Cherry
Route	Puget Sound
Completed	1896
Out of service	1930
Identification	US registry #127139
Fate	Abandoned
General characteristics
Type	inland steam towboat
Tonnage	54 gross; 37 registered
Length	68.7 ft (20.94 m)
Beam	16.4 ft (5.00 m)
Depth	7.0 ft (2.1 m) depth of hold.
Installed power	steam engine
Propulsion	propeller
Crew	six (6)

C.C. Cherry was a small steam tug and general utility vessel that worked on Puget Sound from 1896 to 1930.

Career

CC Cherry was built in 1896 for Capt. E.A. Smith. The first use of the vessel was hauling fish from the San Juan Islands to a Canadian cannery One of the early masters of C.C. Cherry was the prominent steamboat man William Williamson (1859-1930), who later commanded the well-known steamship Flyer from 1896 to 1904.

Explosion of the Virginia

C.C. Cherry was working as a tug in July 1928, when the small gasoline-powered tug Virginia exploded at the entrance to the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The engineer was killed, and the captain was blown through the roof of the pilot house and into the water. He was then rescued by the crew of C.C. Cherry.

C.C. Cherry is reported to have been abandoned in 1930.

References

• Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
• Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (2nd Ed. 1960)
• U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1909)