Verona
History Name Verona Owner Union Nav. Co. ; Kitsap County Trans. Co. Route Puget Sound Completed 1910, Dockton Out of service 1936 Fate Dismantled. General characteristics Length 112.9 ft (34.4 m) Beam 22.8 ft (6.9 m) Depth 7.3 ft (2.2 m) depth of hold Installed power steam engine Propulsion propeller
The steamship Verona Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet .
Career
Verona was built in 1910 at the Martinolich shipyard at Dockton, Washington . The vessel is best known for an event which occurred on November 5, 1916. The vessel was transporting members of the Industrial Workers of the World to Everett, Washington , in connection with a labor dispute. On arrival in Everett, a shooting broke out which has since become known as the Everett Massacre . In 1923 Verona was owned by the Union Navigation Company , a Poulsbo concern, which in that year sold the vessel to Kitsap County Transportation Co. [ 1] Verona was owned by the Puget Sound Navigation Company .[ 1]
Disposition
The aging Verona burned after completing its last night run from Bainbridge Island on Jan 10, 1936. Fireboats concentrated on saving nearby steamers.[ 2]
See also
Notes
^ a b Kline and Bayless, Ferryboats , pages 114 and 350.
^ Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1936, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 449
References
Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., Ferryboats -- A legend on Puget Sound , Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4
Newell, Gordon, Ships of the Inland Sea , Binford and Mort, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1960)
Tacoma Public Library, http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Verona+%28steamer%29
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