Lady Washington
{{Short description|Ship}}
{{for|the former First Lady of the United States|Martha Washington}}
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|Ship operator=Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority |Ship honors=*Washington tall ship ambassador
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|Ship complement=12 (crew), 45 (passenger) |Ship armament=Two three pounder; two swivels aft |Ship notes=Douglas fir hull }} |
Lady Washington is a ship name shared by at least four vessels. The original sailed during the American Revolutionary War and harassed British shipping. Another vessel was used as a merchant trading vessel in the Pacific. A somewhat updated modern replica was created in 1989. The replica has appeared in numerous films and television shows, standing in as other real or fictional ships.
''Lady Washington'' (American merchant ship)
The Lady Washington, commonly referred to simply as the Washington, was originally a single-masted sloop of 90 tons burden. As part of the Columbia Expedition seeking valuable otter furs, she left Boston Harbor on October 1, 1787 under command of Robert Gray. She served as consort to the much larger Columbia Rediviva captained by the expedition’s leader John Kendrick. The two ships sailed around Cape Horn (the first US-flagged ships to do so) and participated in the maritime fur trade with the coastal indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. After landing near Tillamook, Oregon in August, 1788, fur trade continued through the winter and spring on and in the vicinity of Vancouver Island. {{cite book | author=J. Richard Nokes | title=Columbia's River: The Voyages of Robert Gray 1787-1793 | publisher=Washington State Historical Society | year=1991 }}
In August, 1789, Captain Kendrick unexpectedly changed vessels with Gray, assuming command of the Washington. Kendrick stayed on the coast until summer, 1790, at which time he sailed the Washington to Macau to sell his cargo of furs. While there, Kendrick used proceeds from the fur sales to refit the Lady Washington as a two-masted, square-rigged brig (or brigantine). In 1791 he sailed her back to Vancouver Island. John Meares claimed that she was the first non-native vessel to circumnavigate Vancouver Island.
Lady Washington became the first American vessel to reach Japan{{citation|author=Alexa Chipman|url=http://ladywashington.net/|title=Lady Washington: Age of Exploration Merchant Vessel|access-date=2010-06-20|archive-date=2008-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921194601/http://ladywashington.net/|url-status=dead}} in an unsuccessful attempt to move some unsold pelts. Lady Washington remained in the Pacific trade and eventually foundered in the Philippines in 1797. She was lost at the mouth of the Mestizo River, near Vigan, northwest Luzon in July 1797.{{citation|url=http://www.shipwrecks-Philippines.com|title=Shipwrecks of the Philippines|type=ebook|author=Tom Bennett}}
''Lady Washington'' (20th-century replica)
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File:Lady Washington 2007.jpg in California]]
A ship replica of Lady Washington was built in Aberdeen, Washington, United States in time for the 1989 Washington State Centennial celebrations.{{cite web|url=http://historicalseaport.org/about-us/our-vessels/lady-washington/|title=Lady Washington|work=historicalseaport.org|access-date=18 May 2015}} Aberdeen is located on Grays Harbor, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean named for Robert Gray, the man who entered the harbor under sail for the first time as master of Columbia.
The ship was designed by marine expert Ray Wallace and built by Richard Miles. Wallace is also known for designing the Sailing Ship Columbia in Disneyland alongside Admiral Joe Fowler.{{cite book|last=Shaffer|first=Joshua C|title=Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide - Second Edition|date=July 17, 2017|publisher=Synergy Book Publishing|isbn=978-0-9991664-0-6|page=520}}
Named "Washington State's Tall Ship Ambassador", as well as the State Ship,{{citation|url=http://www.leg.wa.gov/Symbols/|title=State Symbols|publisher=Washington State Legislature|access-date=2010-06-20}} the new Lady Washington is 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, educating students in the history of merchant trading, life of common sailors, and responsibilities of the ship's officers.
The current replica's mainmast is rigged with a topgallant sail and topsail above a gaff mainsail, as based on the post-Macau refit configuration. Old World (UK/international) terminology refers to this sail plan as brigantine, and New World (American) terminology refers to this as a brig.
=Film and television appearances=
Lady Washington has appeared and served as a set in various films and television series.
- The brig Enterprise, a namesake of the Starship Enterprise, on the holodeck in Star Trek Generations.{{cite book|title=Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th edition)|publisher=Becker&mayer! and HarperCollins Publishers| series=Star Trek Encyclopedia – A Reference Guide to the Future|issue=vol. 1|year=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJT6swEACAAJ|page=243|isbn=9780062371331}}{{cite web|title=Malcom Tribute - Star Trek|url=http://www.malcolmtribute.freeiz.com/startrek.html}}{{cite web|title=Lady Washington: 15 Years a Movie Star|url=http://historicalseaport.blogspot.com/2009/11/lady-washington-15-years-movie-star.html|access-date=September 28, 2020}}
- The ship used to transport Chinese immigrants to America in the IMAX film The Great American West
- The reference ship for the animated RLS Legacy in the Disney film Treasure Planet{{cite web|title=Museum Ships|url=https://museumships.us/tall-ships/lady-washington|website=MuseumShips.us |publisher=Museum Ships |access-date=January 9, 2023}}
- HMS Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl{{cite video |title=Diary of a Ship |type=DVD |work=Buena Vista |date=2003}}{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean Production Information|url=http://www.keeptothecode.com/pdf/POTCprodnotes1.pdf|publisher=Walt Disney Pictures|access-date=Dec 9, 2006}}
- As Queen Anne's Revenge in the miniseries Blackbeard{{cite web|title=Lady Washington Look Familiar? You Probably Saw Her at the Movies|url=https://historicalseaport.org/blog/trivia-blog/lady-washington-look-familiar-you-probably-saw-her-at-the-movies/ |website=Historical Seaport |date=18 October 2021 |publisher=Gray's Harbor |access-date=October 20, 2023}}
- Captain Hook's ship Jolly Roger in Once Upon a Time{{cite web|title=SET: ONCE UPON A TIME Films on its Floating Pirate Ship Set in Steveston|url=http://yvrshoots.com/2013/01/shoot-once-upon-a-time-films-on-its-floating-pirate-ship-set-in-steveston.html|publisher=YVRShoots|access-date=January 25, 2013|archive-date=January 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131124142/http://yvrshoots.com/2013/01/shoot-once-upon-a-time-films-on-its-floating-pirate-ship-set-in-steveston.html|url-status=dead}}
- A recurring background piece in Revolution{{cite web|title=Over the years, Lady Washington has appeared in several motion pictures and television shows, including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Star Trek: Generations, Once Upon A Time, and Revolution.|url=https://historicalseaport.org/lady-washington-history/|publisher=Lady Washington History - Grays Harbor Historical Seaport|access-date=February 28, 2020}}
- The Queen Anne's Revenge in "The Curse of the Earth Totem" episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow{{cn|date=October 2023}}
- Appeared in S01 E04 of Prop Culture while talking about filming Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl{{cite web|title=Prop Culture Locations|url=https://wanderdisney.com/7-real-locations-from-prop-culture/ |website=WanderDisney.com |date=8 May 2020 |publisher=Wander Disney |access-date=January 15, 2023}}
Outside of film and television, the ship serves as the central visual element for the Christian music group For KING & COUNTRY in their music video "Burn the Ships".{{Cite web|url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news/5317-for-king-country-celebrates-album-release-with-stunning-burn-the-ships-video|title=For KING & COUNTRY Celebrates Album Release With Stunning "Burn The Ships" Video|last=Longs|first=Herb|website=TheChristianBeat.org|date=6 October 2018|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-01-30}} She also appeared in the music video for rapper Macklemore's "Can't Hold Us".{{cite web|title=Lady Washington Featured in New Macklemore Video|url=http://historicalseaport.org/2013/04/lady-washington-featured-in-new-macklemore-video/|publisher=Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702084547/http://historicalseaport.org/2013/04/lady-washington-featured-in-new-macklemore-video/|archive-date=2 July 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Lady Washington (ship, 1989)}}
- [http://www.historicalseaport.org/ Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority], Lady Washington{{'}}s operating organization
- [https://archive.today/20050427103202/http://www.maritimeheritage.net/ Maritime Heritage Network], an online directory of maritime history resources in the Pacific Northwest
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Category:Tall ships of the United States