Feature

Question 1

Browns Pt –

Answer 1

Bluff/cliff with houses, light 38’ on 35’ white concrete house.

Question 2

Dash Pt –

Answer 2

East entrance to Commencement Bay

Question 3

Pt Defiance –

Answer 3

West entrance to Commencement Bay, dirt bluff 160’,

park with board walk extedning to WSF terminal

Question 4

Hylebos Waterway –

Answer 4

Ent marked by lighted buoy on shoal on N side and private light on Pier 25 on S
Multiple Marinas Line N Shore
US Army Reserve – long pier for army vessels
Trident Seafoods – At terminal 24/25, open storage, frozen seafood.
Targa/Sound Refining – tank storage, petroleum products
Schnitzer Steel – opens storage, cranes to 250’, scrap metal
Weyerhaeuser – open storage, logs
Manke Lumber – open storage, tank storage
11th Street Bridge – 21’ down, call tender 13 or 16
Cables – clearance 173’

Question 5

Tyee Marina –

Answer 5

large marina with sunken bridge sections and concrete hulls as breakwater.

Question 6

Blair

Answer 6

Marked by private lights
Tote – open storage, general cargo
Graymont Western – open storage, tank storage, belt conveyor,
Georgia Pacific Gypsum – covered storage, belt conveyor,
Weyerhaeuser Paper – open storage, belt conveyors, wood chips
Port of Tacoma Berths A and B – open storage, covered storage, automobiles, gen cargo
Blair Waterway Terminal – open storage, automobiles
Washington United – open storage, container cranes, gen cargo, container cargo
US Oil – tank storage, petroleum products
Terminal 3 and 4 – open storage, 6 cranes, gen cargo, container cargo
Pierce County Terminal – open storage, 7 cranes, container cargo

Question 7

Sitcum

Answer 7

Terminal 7 berths A,B,C,D – open and covered storage, 6 cranes, gen cargo, bulk, containers
Maersk, APM Terminal – open storage, 5 cranes, containers
Port of Tacoma Offices – white building at the head of the waterway

Question 8

Puyallup River

Answer 8

northeast of St. Paul Waterway, discharges the water of Puyallup River. The waterway has shoaled to such an extent that it cannot be used commercially.
lighted buoy marks a shoal area extending about 500 yards northwest of the entrance.
fixed bridge cl of 29 feet,
overhead cable, just southeast of the bridge, has a clearance of 46 feet.

Question 9

St Paul Waterway

Answer 9

Simpson Paper Mill, smoke stacks, log crane and storage yard.

Question 10

Middle Waterway

Answer 10

Foss lay berth for tugs and small barges, log haul out facility

Question 11

Thea Foss Waterway

Answer 11

westernmost of the channels at the head of the bay; a light is on the east side of the entrance. Two deep- draft wharves and many oil storage tanks are on the east side.

Question 12

TEMCO –

Answer 12

silo storage, belt conveyor, large fixed roof, bulk grain

Question 13

Sperry Ocean Terminals

Answer 13

on Tacoma waterfront, used for layup of ready reserve RoRo ships.

Question 14

Ruston

Answer 14

is non-commercial, mostly waterfront and parks, has measured mile course between Ruston and Tacoma.

Question 15

Tacoma

Answer 15

is the 2nd largest city in PS, many large buildings on SE end of bay, has stadium, residential area extends to the NW on the south shore of bay.

Question 16

Measured Mile

Answer 16

132° 05’ – 312° 05’ on the southwest shore of the bay between Ruston and Tacoma.

Question 17

Commencement Bay

Answer 17

2.5 miles in length, easy of access, and free of dangers.

Log storage grounds are off the northeast shore of the bay.