Windjammers

In a quest for greater speed the turn of the 20th Century, the world’s ship owners mothballed their sailing ships in favor of steam. Companies like the Alaska Packer’s Association that were engaged in the Alaska salmon canning industry didn’t care about speed. They needed low cost cargo haulers to ferry men and supplies north each spring, and to return in the fall with holds laden with non-perishable canned fish. The APA ultimately bought 19 iron and steel sailing ships and christened its armada The Great S