Chacon, Wooden fishing vessel in Chugiak, Alaska.
Chacon is a wooden fishing vessel roughly 72 feet long with a distinctive raised stern deck and traditional hull construction. The boat was built as a tender to service fish traps and other equipment used in commercial fishing operations.
The vessel was built in 1912 in Seattle to serve fish cannery operations in Ketchikan and Port Graham along the Alaska coast. It later received an upgraded diesel engine to replace its original gasoline motor.
During the March 1964 tsunami, the vessel demonstrated its service capacity by evacuating 43 residents from Old Harbor Village on Kodiak Island.
The vessel can be reached by road access in Chugiak and is suitable for visitors interested in maritime history and traditional fishing boats. Since the structure is quite old and made of wood, care should be taken when exploring and walking around it.
The boat was purchased in a half-sunken state in 1984 and then transported overland to Chugiak, where it remained for decades as a remarkable relic. This salvage effort kept a damaged vessel from disappearing entirely beneath the water.
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