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Registry #1	152746 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1902	Puako (I)	Name 6
Name 2	1925	Drumwall	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1902	Place	Oakland	Area	CA	Country	USA

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	222.0' x 42.0' x 17.7'
Builder	W.A. Boole & Son Co.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	1096	Type 1	Barkentine (4-masted)
Registered Tonnage	1096	Type 2	Barge, log
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Sail
Rebuilds	She was rebuilt a a log barge	Call Sign
Pendant #		Masters	Captain George Seeley (1902-1907); Captain Adolph 'Hellfire' Pedersen (1907-1918); Captain Charles E. Helms (1919-1925)

Owner(s)
In 1902 she was owned by Hind, Rolph & Co., San Francisco CA. She was in service in the Pacific lumber trade. She was laid up at Victoria in May, 1921. She was converted to a hog fuel barge. In 1926-1927 she was owned by the Hecate Straits Towing Co. In 1931 she was owned by Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC (as a result of the merger of Pacific Tug & Barge, Hecate Straits Towing and British Pacific Barge Co.)

Owner(s)

In 1902 she was owned by Hind, Rolph & Co., San Francisco CA. She was in service in the Pacific lumber trade. She was laid up at Victoria in May, 1921. She was converted to a hog fuel barge. In 1926-1927 she was owned by the Hecate Straits Towing Co. In 1931 she was owned by Pacific (Coyle) Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC (as a result of the merger of Pacific Tug & Barge, Hecate Straits Towing and British Pacific Barge Co.)

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

Named Features
Significance of Name	Puako, named for a place in Hawaii

Anecdotes
The Puako a four-masted barkentine of 1084 tons and 1400 M capacity, was built at Oakland by W. A. Boole & Son in 1902, another of the skysail yarders operated by Hind, Rolph & Co. this vessel was laid up at Victoria in May, 1921, and in 1926 was sold to the Pacific Navigation Co., Vancouver, and converted to a log-barge underthe name of Drumwall. this vessel was in service carrying hog fuel and wood chips between Port Alberni, Chemainus, to Port Townsend and Port Angeles WA USA. this vessel was added to a breakwater at Oyster Bay on Vancouver Island at the end of her life.

Anecdotes

The Puako a four-masted barkentine of 1084 tons and 1400 M capacity, was built at Oakland by W. A. Boole & Son in 1902, another of the skysail yarders operated by Hind, Rolph & Co. this vessel was laid up at Victoria in May, 1921, and in 1926 was sold to the Pacific Navigation Co., Vancouver, and converted to a log-barge underthe name of Drumwall. this vessel was in service carrying hog fuel and wood chips between Port Alberni, Chemainus, to Port Townsend and Port Angeles WA USA. this vessel was added to a breakwater at Oyster Bay on Vancouver Island at the end of her life.

References
Gibbs, Jim A. (1968); Heal, S.C. (2002); Canada List of Shipping; Lloyd's Register of Shipping; E. Kay Gibson (2006) Brutality on Trial. University Press of Florida. British Columbia History (The story of the Puako) Vol 39: No 4; Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1921-22, H.W.McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 324; John Lyman, Pacific Coast Built Sailers, 1850-1905, The Marine Digest.July 26, 1941, p. 2; Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1921-22, H.W.McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 324; https://archive.org/details/LymanSailingVesselsPacificCoastBuilders18501905/page/n33/mode/1up;
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