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Vessel
*Not A Total Loss

Alice B

Name (former)
Official Number
209723
Propulsion
Gasoline
Nationality
US
Masts
1
Age
17
Decks
1
Value
4500
Type
Gas Screw
Call Sign
Use
Fishing
Home Port
WA, Seattle
Tonnage (gross)
20
Built When
1912
Tonnage (net)
13
Built Where
WA, Seattle
Tonnage
Built by
S.E. Sagstad (built for E. Bowman of Ballard)
Displacement
 
Hull Material
Wood
Length (ft)
43.0
Cargo
Ice and bait
Beam
13.0
Owner
Ingvald Galseth
Depth of Hold
5.2
 
CASUALTY
   
Latitude
48°23N
Longitude
124°38W
WHERE
Neah Bay, 1 mile west of Lifesaving Station
STATE
WA
YEAR
1929
LAST PORT
WA, Seattle (03-19-29)
MONTH
03
DESTINATION
WA, Pacific Ocean fisheries
DAY
21
People on Board
5
TIME
0600
FATALITIES
0
CAUSE
Lost Mooring
NATURE OF CASUALTY

Last sailed from Seattle, WA on 18 March 1929, bound for deep sea fisheries. Vessel was anchored at Neah Bay, with a crew of and cargo of ice and bait (16000 lbs - value $75). Master checked weather at around midnight and again at 0230. Sea conditions, strong wind, heavy sea and clear. Vessel broke anchor and drifted, master attempted to start motor after first striking but too late to avoid stranding. Location 1 1/2 mile south of Coast Guard Station. No assistance rendered until wrecked.

Wreck Report

Alice B., halibut schooner, drive ashore at West Bay in March. Newell

At 6:20 [A.M.] the crew of the American Gas s. Alice B. arrived at the station and stated she had stranded 1 mile west of the station but could not be floated until the cargo of ice and bait was removed, then calked [sic]where she had opened. Crew arrived at the scene at 6:35. She was found to be a large halibut fishing vessel. Crew stood by with tools to go to work as soon as the sea left her, but she went to pieces at 7:10. Crew assisted in recovering equipment washed overboard from time of arrival to 8:00. Assisting with salvaging of equipment from wrecked Alice B. from 8:00 to 4:00. Assisting with salvage from 4:00 to 6:00. Furnished fifteen meals to shipwrecked crew. National Archives, Lifesaving Station Report Baaddah Point 21 March 1929

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