The steamboat Crystal operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet

Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet

The Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet was a large number of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby waterways and rivers. This large group of steamers and sternwheelers plied the waters of Puget Sound, stopping at every waterfront dock...

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Career

Crystal was a typical small steamer of the type that served small communities along Puget Sound. Crystal was built at Gig Harbor in 1904 for Miles Coffman. Crystal was propeller-driven, 45' long, and rated at 25 tons. Captain Coffman placed Crystal on the run between Tacoma and Wollochet Bay

Wollochet Bay

Wollochet Bay is the name of a narrow long and shallow bay in southern Puget Sound in the state of Washington. The bay is located on the southern part of the Kitsap Peninsula which opens onto the southern Hale Passage which separates Fox Island from the Kitsap Peninsula, near Gig...

, until she was replaced on this run by Audrey. After that, Crystal was repowered with a 50 hp gasoline engine and transferred to Port Angeles.