West Seattle history: SS Dix wreckage found off Alki Point?

(Photo courtesy Scott Boyd/OceanGate, used with permission)
A low-tide day like today makes you wonder what lies deep beneath Puget Sound. Perfect time for news of a recent discovery: A local team of underwater explorers thinks it’s found the wreckage of the SS Dix off Alki Point. They’ve written extensively about it here; hat tip to the Log House Museum for sharing the link, which we also had received but hadn’t yet followed up on. Historians say the sinking of the Dix more than a century ago – after it collided with another steamship – is the worst maritime disaster in local history, killing 39 people; HistoryLink.org tells the story here. You can see more of the current exploration’s photos here.

4 Replies to "West Seattle history: SS Dix wreckage found off Alki Point?"

  • Steve Lindsey May 17, 2011 (3:01 pm)

    Wow… I’m impressed the wreck is in such good condition… I would have through teredo worms would have left us with nothing but a rusted boiler, lump of of a steam engine and some window glass from the pilot house.

  • Kayleigh May 17, 2011 (5:51 pm)

    This is really cool.

  • MMB May 18, 2011 (9:47 pm)

    Like!

  • Debbi LerMond May 19, 2011 (12:22 pm)

    This is extremely relevant to me, since I am probably the only living descedant of Captain Percy Lermond to retain the Lermond name. I was at the 100 year memorial off Alki Point five years ago. I am anxious to find out more what survived of the Dix.

Sorry, comment time is over.