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The News-Tribune Virginia V Sweepstakes Tickets

The News-Tribune Virginia V Sweepstakes Tickets

Question:  The SS Virginia V is one of 31 vessels that will grace the Tacoma waterfront for the Tall Ships Tacoma Festival and is the last surviving vessel of what famous fleet?
 
Answer:  The Mosquito Fleet
 
The Virginia V was built in 1922 to carry freight and passengers from Vashon Island to Tacoma and Seattle and was once part of a large fleet that served waterfront towns all over Puget Sound.