Northwest Seaport

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Lightship No. 83, aka Swiftsure, built in 1904, is one of Northwest Seaport's historic fleet

The Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime heritage of Puget Sound and the Northwest Coast, and to the development of maritime-based educational programs and opportunities for the broad community.

It exhibits and plans to restore several bigger historic ships, including the schooner Wawona, a sailing ship built to haul timber in 1897.

The Seaport is adjacent to the Center for Wooden Boats.

Several boats and ships moored at Northwest Seaport as of 2007 are on the National Register of Historic Places:

Fireboat Duwamish
Tugboat Arthur Foss
Lightboat Swiftsure, previously known as Relief
"Mosquito Fleet" steamer Virginia V
Schooner Wawona

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Maritime Heritage Network, a directory of maritime history resources, attractions, and organizations in the Puget Sound area.

v • d • e The Mosquito Fleet of Puget Sound

Sidewheelers	Alaskan • Beaver • Eliza Anderson • George E. Starr • Idaho • Olympian • T.J. Potter • Wilson G. Hunt • Yosemite	”They managed to keep their particular sort of jaunty, wind-swept beauty until the end.” – Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea

Sternwheelers	Bailey Gatzert • City of Shelton • Greyhound • Hassalo (1880) • Multnomah • S.G. Simpson • WT Preston

Propellers	Athlon • Clallam • M/V Coho • Crystal • Cy Peck • Daily • Daring • Dart • Dauntless • Defiance • Dix • Dove • Fleetwood • Kingston • Flyer (1891) • Hattie Hansen • Island Princess • Islander (1) • Mary D. Hume • Mizpah • Monticello (2) • Rosalie • Virginia V

Steamboat Lines	Black Ball Line • Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. • Oregon Steam Navigation Co. • Puget Sound Navigation Co. • Hunt Bros. • McDowell Transportation Co.

Steamboat captains	William Ballard • Matthew McDowell

Builders and shipyards	John J. Holland • Robert Moran • King & Winge

Steamboats in other areas of the Pacific Northwest	Lake Washington • Columbia River • Oregon Coast • Willamette River • Yaquina Bay and river • Coquille River • Cowlitz River • Grays Harbor • Chehalis River • Hoquiam River • Willapa Bay • Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) • Lake Crescent • Arrow Lakes • Upper Fraser River • Skeena River • Lake Okanagan • Thompson=Shuswap • Slocan Lake • Kootenay Lake and the lower Kootenai River • Columbia Lake and upper Kootenai River • Peace & Finaly Rivers • Stikine River