The steamship Virginia V will make its annual voyage around Vashon-Maury Island on Sunday, August 24, sponsored by the Vashon Heritage Museum. An example of living naval history, the story of the Virginia V is a story of changing transportation preferences and national needs amid the last two centuries.

The last operational example of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet steamer, the Virginia V was once part of a large fleet of small passenger and freight-carrying vessels that linked the islands and ports of the Salish Sea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Virginia V is both a City of Seattle Landmark and a National Historic Landmark; her original route was between Tacoma and Seattle, along the West Pass (also known as Colvos Passage) between Vashon Island and the Kitsap Peninsula.

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