Primary Name: Healy, Michael
Filed as: healy_michael
Also known as: Captain Michael Healy; Capt. Michael A. Healy
Occupation / Association: Captain, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service; Commander, Revenue Cutter Bear
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Associated places: St. Michael, Alaska; Yukon River; Alaska Territory
Keywords: Michael Healy, Captain Michael Healy, Capt Michael Healy, Revenue Cutter Bear captain, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service Alaska, St Michael Alaska, Jack Dalton
Biography
Captain Michael Healy commanded the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear and was one of the most well-known officers of the Revenue Cutter Service operating in Alaska waters during the late nineteenth century.
During one voyage, Jack Dalton traveled through Forty-Mile and Circle before continuing down the Yukon River to St. Michael where he expected to obtain passage to Seattle aboard the Bear. Captain Healy recognized Dalton from his involvement in an illegal fur-seal operation in the mid-1880s and refused him passage.
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Tags: Michael Healy, Captain Michael Healy, Revenue Cutter Bear, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, Jack Dalton, Alaska maritime history