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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name= ''Chacon'', MV ''Chacon''
|Ship namesake= Cape Chacon Alaska
|Ship ordered= 1918
|Ship builder= [[Tacoma, Washington]]
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|Ship launched=1918
|Ship completed=1918
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|Ship in service=1918-1937
|Ship out of service= 1937
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|Ship identification= 215992
|Ship homeport= [[Ketchikan, Alaska]]
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|Ship fate=Lost at Sea
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|Ship type= [[cannery tender]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|53|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} Gross
|Ship length={{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship hull material = Wood
|Ship draft=Unknown
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|Ship hold depth= {{cvt|7.6|ft}}
|Ship propulsion= Single Screw Propeller
|Ship complement= 6
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'''''Chacon''''' was a {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=on}} commercial vessel built in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma Washington]] by Johnson and Waughbo in 1918. Built for service in Ketchikan [[Alaska]] as a cannery tender and tug boat, ''Chacon'' was powered by an 85 hp Frisco Standard gasoline engine.
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''Chacon'' was originally owned by the Sawyer and McKay Company, owners of several fish traps near [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Many New Fishing Vessels are Launched |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433069082836?urlappend=%3Bseq=543|journal= Pacific Motor Boat|location=Seattle, Washington |date=April 1, 1918 |hdl= 2027/nyp.33433069082836?urlappend=%3Bseq=543 |access-date=November 6, 2015 }}</ref> Chacon was later sold to Ed J. Williams <ref>{{cite report |title=Annual Fifty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USMM/Annual_List/1936.pdf|publisher=Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation |date=1936}}</ref> and operated as a mail and passenger boat. On April 13, 1937, ''Chacon'' was lost at sea in a gale at [[Cape Mudge Lighthouse|Cape Mudge]]. Her crew of six were rescued.<ref>Alaska State Library Historical Collections - Juneau p. 34 http://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/docs/ms010/ms10_juneau_historical_subjects_files_Mc&M.pdf</ref>

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== Further reading ==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=tHNaAAAAYAAJ&dq=chacon+cannery+tender&pg=RA3-PA106  Advertisement from 1919 issue of Pacific Motor Boat Magazine shows a picture of Chacon.

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