Chickamauga was a wooden tugboat built in 1915 and operated in Washington throughout its service life.
[1][2] Chickamauga was designed by naval architect Leslie Geary, and was the first diesel powered tugboat designed and built in the U.S.[3] Chickamauga sank while moored at Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, Washington on October 2, 2013.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) took possession of the Chickamauga on January 16, 2014 and offered it to museums for possible preservation.
[2] On January 30, 2014, Chickamauga was towed to a dry dock outside Seattle to await a decision regarding its future.
The helm and throttle controls, however, were salvaged and donated by the DNR to the Foss Waterway Seaport Museum in Tacoma.