Lady Washington

The original The Lady Washington was a 90 ton trading vessel built in Massachusetts around 1750. She sailed around Cape Horn and participated in the fur and pelt trade with the coastal Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest and in tea and porcelain across the Pacific in China.

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Massachusetts - 1750 - Cape Horn - Fur - Pelt - Native Americans - Pacific Northwest - Tea - Porcelain - Pacific - China

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She became the first American vessel to reach the Island of Japan in an unsuccessful attempt to move some unsold pelts. The Lady remained in the Pacific trade and eventually foundered in the Philippines in 1798.

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Japan - Pelts - Pacific - Philippines

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A replica of the Lady Washington was built in Aberdeen, USA in time for the 1989 Washington State Centennial celebrations. Aberdeen is located on Grays Harbor, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean named for Robert Gray, the man who discovered the harbor as Master of the original Lady Washington.

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Aberdeen - USA - 1989 - Grays Harbor - Robert Gray - Harbor - Master

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Named "Washington State's Tall Ship Ambassador", the new Lady Washington has already made plenty of her own history. Operated by a professional and volunteer crew under the auspices of the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, she sails up and down the Pacific coast reaching out to sailors and lubbers of all ages through the romance of the sea in the hope that they may take a little bit of her history back with them.

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Washington State's - Tall Ship - Sea

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Recently, she has added "actress" to her resume, portraying the HMS Interceptor in the film and the brig Enterprise in . She also provided the basis for the RLS Legacy in the Disney animated feature Treasure Planet.

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Brig - Disney - Treasure Planet

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