Crawford & Reid

Crawford & Reid, Tacoma WA

F. M. Crawford, a lumber merchant, started this shipyard in the late 1890s and was later joined by Captain James Reid, who was an experienced shipbuilder: they closed it in 1914. It was located next to Babare Bros., at the foot of N. Carr Street, in Old Town Tacoma, where the Silver Cloud Inn is today: see the site from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 10 May 2016.

O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Ft.	Built	Disposition
	Mainlander	Western S.N. Co	Cargo Ship	484		1900	In collision and lost Puget Sound 1904
157607	Defiance		Passenger	171	93	1901	Later Kingston, wrecked 1933
	Lotus	William Bradford	Passenger	112	92	1901	To US Army 1903 as Cartwright, sold 1921 as Lotus, burned 1921
136985	Elf	Olson Tugboat Co	Tug	44	60	1902	Later Foss No. 15, to USN 1942 as ATS 15, returned to Foss 1943, later Karlyn, Skookam Cache, Elf, sank 2014
100777	Irene	American Towboat Co.	Tug	81	70	1902	In existence as yacht
121281	Florence K		Passenger	90	96	1903	Later Beeline
	Dix	Seattle and Alki Point Tptn.	Passenger	130	102	1904	Sank 1906
201748	Burton	Tacoma & Burton Nav Co	Passenger	97	93	1905
201817	Zapora	International Fisheries Co	Cargo Ship	318	146	1905	Wrecked 1937 on Rocky Point, W Admiralty I.
136791	Echo	Olson Tugboat Co	Tug	56	66	1906	Burned 1938
203142	Monticello	Moe Brothers	Passenger	196	125	1906	Later cargo vessel Penaco, fishing vessel Sea Venture, foundered 1962
204649	S. G. Simpson	Shelton Transportation Co	Passenger	267	115	1907	Later towboat E. G. English, sank 1940s
	Ida M	Northern Fisheries Co	Fishing	62	73	1908
204749	Olympian	Olympic Tug & Barge	Tug	47	60	1908	Later Foss No. 16, stripped 1966 as diving hulk
205751	Jimbuk	James Buchanan	Yacht	13	44	1908
206115	Daring	Matthew McDowell	Passenger	124	98	1909	Later Clinton (Canada), sank 1922
207748	Sand Man	Arthur J Weston	Tug	28	49	1910	Preserved in Olympia WA
	Locust	US Navy	Tug		81	1910	Sold 1912
	Typhoon		Steamer			1910?
208322	Independent		Steamer	211		1911
	Black Fish		Fishing	42	59	1912
211501	Daily	McDowell Transportation	Passenger	171	116	1913	Later Island Princess 1918, Cy Peck 1930, wrecked Nanaimo 1986

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