Vashon (YFB-19)
1941-1948
An island in Puget Sound, Wash., between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma. In 1792, the British sea captain, Capt. George Vancouver, named the isle for his friend, Capt. James Vashon.
(YFB-19: displacement 20 (trial); length 65'0"; beam 17'0"; draft 5'0"; class Vashon)
Vashon (YFB-19)—a wooden-hulled ferryboat— was laid down on 24 February 1941 at Seattle, Wash., by Shain Manufacturing Co.; launched on 10 April 1941. Completed at Bremerton, Wash., by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Vashon was placed in service in the spring of 1941, and operated as a ferry craft attached to the Thirteenth Naval District through World War II.
Placed out of service, in reserve, in March 1948, Vashon was subsequently sold in July 1958, and, registered in 1959 to the West Coast Heating & Plumbing Co., of Seattle, was converted to a charter boat, renamed Sea Crest. Registered to Kenneth M. Roberts, a Seattle resident, in 1962, Vashon subsequently underwent two changes of name—to Princess Lynn in 1983 and Odyssey in 1987. As of 2020, Odyssey was operating with San Juan Excursions out of Friday Harbor, Washington.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
23 August 2022
