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Houghton, WashingtonHoughton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. The village was named for Willard Houghton, a local lumberman. The town of Houghton was annexed by Kirland in 1968. The headquarters of the Seattle Seahawks are located in Houghton, near Northwest College. The main arterials running through Houghton include 108th Ave. NE, west of Interstate 405, Lakeview Drive, and Washington State Route 908 (Lake Street), which connects to Lake Washington Boulevard NE. Attractions include Houghton Park and Marsh Park, on the lake, and Watershed Park, adjacent to the interstate. In earlier times, Houghton was home to several large shipbuilding companies: Lake Washington Shipyards (a U.S. Navy contractor), Anderson Steamboat Company, among others. It is located directly across the lake from Sandpoint Naval Air Station, which was decommissioned in the 1970s. At one time there was a dock providing access to the Lake Washington ferries. Ships built in Houghton include (with launch dates): - M/V Kitsap 1925
- Issaquah (ferry) 1914
- USS PATHFINDER (AGS 1) 1929 (USC&GSS: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship)
- see also NOAA historical account
- USC&GSS EXPLORER (1940)
- YN-1 / AN-6 Aloe (yard tender) 1941
- YN-2 / AN-7 Ash 1941
- YN-3 Birch / Boxwood 1941
- YN-4 / AN-9 / ANL-9 Butternut / YAG-60 1941
- AVP-23 Absecon, WAVP-374 / WHEC-374 Absecon 1942
- USS Chincoteague (AVP-24), USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) (WHEC-375) 1942
- USS Coos Bay (AVP-25), USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376 (WHEC-376) 1942
- AVP-26 Half Moon 1942
- USS Mobjack AVP-27 / AGP-7 Seaplane Tender 1942
- AVP-28 / AGP-6 Oyster Bay 1942
- AVP-33 Barataria, WPG-381 / WAVP-381 / WHEC-381 Barataria 1943
- AVP-34 Bering Strait, WAVP-382 / WHEC-382 Bering Strait 1944
- AVP-35 Castle Rock, WAVP-383 / WHEC-383 Castle Rock 1944
- AVP-36 Cook Inlet, WAVP-384 / WHEC-384 Cook Inlet 1944
- AVP-37 Corson 1944
- AVP-38 Duxbury Bay 1944
- AVP-39 Gardiners Bay 1944
- AVP-40 Floyds Bay 1945
- USS Greenwhich Bay (AVP-41) 1945
- AVP-48 Onslow 1943
- USS Orca (AVP-49) 1942
- AVP-50 / AGS-50 Rehoboth 1942
- AVP-51 San Carlos, T-AGOR-1 Josiah Willard Gibbs 1941
- AVP-52 Shelikof 1943
- AVP-53 Suisun 1943
- AVP-54 Timbalier 1943
- AVP-55 / AGF-1 Valcour 1943
- AVP-56 / AGP-8 Wachapreague (Torpedo boat tender), became WAVP-386 / WHEC-386 McCulloch (USCG High endurance cutter) in 1946
- USS Willoughby (AVP-57) (AGP-9), USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387) (WHEC-387) (WAGW-387) 1943
References NavSource Naval History Archives
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