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Mystery Motor/Schooner in Lake Washington
On October 18, 2001, a team of divers from SCRET visited a mystery motor/schooner sitting on the bottom of Lake Washington in 200 FFW. Although the identity of the wreck is uncertain, it’s general appearance is similar to the ship shown below:
The shipwreck was located by Underwater Atmospheric Systems, Inc. (Bob Mester) using sidescan sonor. The sidescan image appears below:
This wooden shipwreck sits upright on the bottom. It is 137 feet long, with a beam of approximately 30 feet. The wooden hull is well preserved in the fresh water. The stern area is intact and has a unique double rudder, single screw design. The engine room and forward sections of the ship are badly burned. Fire was presumably the cause of the loss of this vessel. The name of the ship is not visible on the stern or other exterior parts of the hull. Limited penetration into the interior of the vessel did not reveal its identity.
The dive team (Andrew Georgitsis, Walter Jaccard and Mark Tourtellot) spent 20 minutes on the shipwreck at an average depth of 190 feet.
The team obtained some excellent video footage of the shipwreck.