Audrey (tugboat)

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Audrey
History
Owner
Route Puget Sound
Completed1909
FateSold 1963 [1]
General characteristics
Length64 ft (19.5 m)
Installed powersteam engine; later diesel
Propulsionpropeller

Audrey was a small steam vessel that operated on Puget Sound in the early part of the 1900s. The vessel was converted to a diesel tug and operated as such for many years on Puget Sound.

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Career

Built in 1909, Audrey was used to replace the steamer Crystal on the run from Tacoma to Wollochet Bay in southern Puget Sound. She later served as a grocery carrier for the small south Puget Sound communities of Still Harbor, Anderson Island, Longbranch, and North Bay. [2] Audrey was later converted to a diesel-powered tug. Audrey was used by the Seattle police to locate the body of the victim in a case known as the Mahoney Trunk Murder. [3] In 1943, she was sold to Delta V. Smyth, and in 1960, went to the Foss tug concern with all other Smyth tugs. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Findlay, Jean Cammon; Paterson, Robin (2008). Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound. Arcadia Publishing. p. 123. ISBN   0-7385-5607-6.
  2. 1 2 Findlay, Jean Cammon; Paterson, Robin (2008). Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound. Arcadia Publishing. p. 61. ISBN   0-7385-5607-6.
  3. ↑ "The Mahoney Trunk Murder occurs on April 16, 1921". History.link.

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