Historian Gordon Newell 1951.
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19 March 2016
❖ MOSQUITO FLEET
"The term 'Mosquito Fleet' may, to readers not familiar with the Puget Sound Country, suggest only very small craft. It was, however, a phrase universally employed by the people and publications of that section to differentiate the Sound steamers from ocean and coastwise fleet. Some of the inland ships were as large as the deep-sea vessels, but their trade placed them in the 'Mosquito Fleet.' The term enjoys the authenticity of tradition and long usage."
Historian Gordon Newell 1951.
Historian Gordon Newell 1951.
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