Bathymetric Research

Category: Washington

The U.S. Coast Guard Consolidated P4Y-2G Privateer (BuNo 66306) in flight. This aircraft later became a water bomber (N7974A, Hawkins and Powers).

Lake Washington / Washington

P4Y-2 Privateer 56965

The Consolidated P4Y-2 (formerly PB4Y-2) Privateer was a World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy. Powered by 4 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engines, the P4Y-2 was...

USS Bugara after her GUPPY conversion. Photo courtesy of Cole Smith via Navsource.org.

Strait of Juan de Fuca / Washington

USS Bugara (SS-331)

The USS Bugara (SS-331) was a Balao-class submarine built for the U.S. Navy by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 2 July 1944 and commissioned on 15 November of the same...

LSM-429. Photo from the USS LSM / LSMR Association via Navsource.org.

Puget Sound / Washington

West Point Barges

Two sunken steel wrecks known as the West Point Barges (aka the Four Mile Rock Barges) were former Navy LSMs (Landing Ship Medium). LSM-429 and LSM-473 were operated as freight barges (O & H 45...

SS Governor. Photo from the Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

Puget Sound / Washington

SS Governor

The SS Governor (417 ft x 48 ft) was an iron hulled coastwise passenger steamer built by the New York Shipbuilding Co. in 1907. She served the west coast ports of Seattle, San Francisco,...