SCRET Projects – S.S. Governor
The S.S. Governor was a passenger liner engaged in ferrying people from San Francisco up the west coast of North America
History and general information:
- 417’ long
- Mysterious safe with San Francisco $20 gold pieces
- First visited in 1976
- Many attempted salvages over the last 25 years
- Deep water and heavy current prevented successful operations
- Some historical artifacts have been recovered and submitted to the State Historical Society, but the safe remains
- Rests in 240’ water off of Port Townsend
The S.S. Governor was sunk one night in March 1921 as the West Hartland rammed it in the dense fog. The Governor stayed afloat long enough for most passengers to climb aboard the West Hartland. 20 minutes later it had sunk into Puget Sound.
Fog is often the common factor in early NW shipwrecks