For part of its existence, Albion served as a beer delivery vessel for Washington state's Angeles Brewing and Malting Company.

Lovejoy, who intended the vessel to be sold for service on the Yukon River according to one source[2] or Cook Inlet according to another.

[2] Lovejoy sold Albion to J.B. Treadwell in 1903, and he took the vessel on one trip to Cook Inlet in Alaska.

[3] Chippewa was coming from Bellingham, Washington to Seattle and had reached the West Point at the northern entrance to Elliott Bay when the collision occurred.

Albion was then en route from Seattle to Port Angeles, and many of her passengers were asleep in cabins at the time of the collision.

[4] The full force of Chippewa's steel bow stem struck the wooden-hulled Albion amidships square on.

[4] One of the passengers, identified as Mrs. William Smith, of Centralia, Washington, a mother with three small children on board, described the collision as follows: The children were asleep in the berths, and I was lying awake, listening to the sounds on the boat and wondering which part of the Sound we were on.

The boat broke in all the side of the room, and the sound of smashing timbers and glass with the shock of the impact almost made me sick.

Generoux had reached Albion and expected to raise the vessel that day, with the plan being to move it to East Waterway at Seattle for repair.

Albion's cargo, approximately 45 tons worth, was still on board, but mostly irreparably damaged as a result of the vessel's submersion.

[6] This caused some controversy, particularly in light of the fact that Albion's cargo included “much”gasoline and dynamite.

[6] In subsequent legal action, the owners of Albion were able to prevail against the Chippewa as to which vessel was at fault.