Lady Washington

"The Lady is a replica of the original Lady Washington which sailed these waters in the latter half of the 18th century."

- The narrator in the Diary of a ship featurette

The replica of the Lady Washington was built in Aberdeen, Washington, USA in time for the 1989 Washington State Centennial celebrations. Named Washington State's Tall Ship Ambassador, as well as the State Ship, the new Lady Washington has already made plenty of her own history. Operated by a professional and volunteer crew under the auspices of the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, she sails up and down the Pacific coast reaching out to sailors and lubbers of all ages through the romance of the sea in the hope they take a little of her history back with them.

Today she sails regularly in pair with the Hawaiian Chieftain, educating students in the history of merchant trading, life of common sailors, and responsibilities of the ship's officers.



Recently, she has appeared in various films, portraying the brig Enterprise in Star Trek: Generations and the HMS Interceptor in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. She also provided the basis for the RLS Legacy in the Disney animated feature Treasure Planet.

For The Curse of the Black Pearl, she made a 40 days and more then 4400 nautical miles long voyage from Long Beach, California to the Isle of St. Vincent. where the movie was filmed. On the voyage, the crew saw dolphins, celebrated Christmas in Panama and the Lady snapped off the jib bow in a storm.