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Waialeale (steamboat)

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History
NameWaialeale
RouteTacoma-Vancouver
BuilderHall Brothers
In service1884-1927
FateDismantled in Seattle, Washington
General characteristics
TypeInland steamboat
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller

The Hawaiian schooner Waialeale (pronounced Wye-Ally-Ally) operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was known colloquially as "Weary Willy".[1]

Construction & Operations

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Waialeale was built in 1884 by the Hall Brothers at Port Blakely. In 1905 the vessel was brought to Puget Sound by Cary Cook of Cook & Company and operated as a propeller steamer on the Tacoma-Vancouver run, replacing the Mainlander. In 1907 she was taken over by the Puget Sound Navigation Company. She was dismantled in Seattle in 1927.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 324, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966.