Lady Washington
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| Type: | Brig |
| Built: | 1989, Aberdeen, WA |
| Homeport: | Grays Harbor, WA |
| Designer: | Ray Wallace |
| Sparred Length: | 112 ft |
| Length on deck: | 68 ft |
| Length waterline: | 58 ft |
| Beam: | 22 ft |
| Draft: | 11 ft |
| Rig Height: | 90 ft |
| Displacement: | 178 tons |
| Sail Area: | 4,400 sq. ft |
Originally, a 90 ton trading vessel built around 1750 in Massachusetts, The Lady Washington 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.
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 eventually foundering in the Phillipines in 1798
A replica of the Lady Washington was built in Grays Harbor, Washington in 1980, which is named for Robert Gray, who discovered the harbor as Master of the original Lady Washington.
Named "Washington State's Tall Ship Ambassador", the new Lady Washington has made already made plenty of her own history. Operated by the professional and volunteer crew of 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.
Recently, she has added actress to her resume, portraying the HMS Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and a holodeck creation of traditionally rigged brig named Enterprise in Star Trek: Generations.