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''Chacon'' is a dry docked wooden vessel and roadside curiosity in Chugiak, Alaska, United States. The former fishing vessel currently serves as a memorial for its most recent owner, Thillman Wallace of Chugiak (1932 – 2015). ==Operational History== ''Chacon'' and her sister ''Celtic'' were designed by world-famous naval architect Leslie Geary and built in Seattle by Johnson Brothers and Blanchard in 1912 as fish trap tenders for Fidalgo Island Packing Co. cannery operations in Ketchikan, Alaska and Port Graham, Alaska〔Telephone interview with Karl House - Puget Sound Marine Historical Society by Mikhail Siskoff 8/27/2015〕 Chacon was featured in the Port Graham Independence Day Parade in Seldovia, 1930.〔Photo Caption on Classic Alaska Star http://classic.alaskastar.com/stories/050503/cal_20030505006.shtml〕 In March 1964, Chacon assisted with the evacuation of Old Harbor Village on Kodiak Island after it was leveled by tsunami waves. Chacon with 43 persons on board, radioed the US Coast Guard to request the evacuation of a woman having a miscarriage. Chacon requested meeting with Coast Guard plane at Ugak Bay. USCG instructed Chacon to proceed to Kodiak at "best speed".〔USCG Radio Transcripts from 1964 Earthquake http://www.jacksjoint.com/tidalwave.htm〕 During her period owned by the Tillions; ''Chacon'' reportedly struck a boom cable in Icy Bay causing damage to the bow, and was subsequently beached alongside another wreck in Kachemak Bay. ''Chacon'' was originally powered with a 125 hp gasoline engine that was later replaced with a General Motors "Jimmy" Detroit Diesel Series 71.〔Telephone interview with former owner Clem Tillion by Mikhail Siskoff 8/11/2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chacon (1912)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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