Tangerine Lullaby - Steveston Docks - a photo on Flickriver

Tangerine Lullaby - Steveston Docks

            The sun disappearing behind a group of vessels at the end of a beautiful sunset lit night.   Goodnight 

Steveston  is an ever so romantic  fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC,  on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

Featuring: KU'ULAKAI Tugboat c. 1944 - Presented in her 'Golden Years'

(Ku'ulakai meaning: Hawaiian Fishing God of Fisherman)
Her history: as per online sources: (Unverified)
Built:1944
Length: 111.9
Gross Tonnage: 301
Used as a Tugboat all along the West Coast of BC
Ku'ulakai is said to be the only intact Miki tug in Canadian waters.
Builder: Northeast Shipbuilding, Quincy Massachusetts, USA
According to onlines sources, this tug was built as a wooden Miki US Army Tug - LT465, and used by the U.S. navy during the Second World War to tow damaged ships from the Pacific back for repair.

Online information also reports that later on in life, she was used by drug runners in the South Pacific and that in 1988 was seized by the Canadian Coast Guard for smuggling drugs out of China.

She was originally named: Lloyd B. Gore, decommissioned & sold 1946.

 Please note* All information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.


 Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships
~Christie by the River.  

*Best experienced in full screen
   

Taken on: May 8, 2024

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