page_title: Virginia V
section_title: Storm of 1934
hierarchical_section_title: Virginia V / History / Storm of 1934
caption_attribution_description: English: Steamboat Virginia V, showing damage sustained following collision with dock forced by storm on October 21, 1934. This photograph appears to have been taken on Lake Union where the vessel was towed for evaluation and repair.
context_page_description: The steamship Virginia V is the last operational example of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet steamer. She was once part of a large fleet of small passenger and freight carrying ships that linked the islands and ports of Puget Sound in Washington state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is a Seattle landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
  Her original route was between the cities of Tacoma and Seattle, along the West Pass between Vashon Island and the Kitsap Peninsula.
  Today the ship operates from Heritage Wharf at Lake Union Park in Seattle.
context_section_description: On 21 October 1934, a severe Pacific storm swept through the Puget Sound.  Virginia V was attempting to dock at Olalla, Washington, when the brunt of the storm hit.  The powerful winds pushed the ship against the dock as the waves pounded the ship into the pilings.  The result was the near destruction of the upper decks. The ship was re-built at the Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, near modern-day Kirkland, Washington.  She was returned to service on 5 December 1934.
caption: Heavy damage to Virginia V caused by October 1934 storm
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