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A society formed in 2009 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, celebrating, and disseminating the maritime history of the San Juan Islands and northern Puget Sound area. Check this log for tales from out-of-print publications as well as from members and friends. There are circa 750, often long entries, on a broad range of maritime topics; there are search aids at the bottom of the log. Please ask for permission to use any photo posted on this site. Thank you.

03 April 2016

❖ UNDER FULL SAIL ❖ 1946


DANMARK 

Auxiliary steel, full-rigged, sail training ship.
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7" x 9" original gelatin-silver photograph from
the archives of the Saltwater People Historical Society©


The stately Danish square-rigger DANMARK, was built in 1932 for the Danish Ministry of Shipping and Fisheries for use as a training ship. 
      She visited Seattle on a training cruise in 1946, mooring at Pier 54 on the central waterfront and causing considerable tourist traffic for the month of December.


DANMARK
Wash Day on the training ship.
Getting cleaned up after Southampton, England
en route through the Canal to San Francisco
and ...... Seattle, below.
click image to enlarge.
Original gelatin-silver photograph from the archives 
of the Saltwater People Historical Society.©



SHIP DANMARK

Downtown Seattle, WA. 
at a familiar landmark onshore.
Original gelatin-silver photo from the archives of
the Saltwater People Historical Society.©

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