More from KUOW Transportation When Seattle Commuted By 'Mosquito Fleet' KUOW | By Jeannie Yandel Published September 4, 2015 at 2:28 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 6:51 Courtesy of MOHAI Mosquito fleet steamers are seen at Houghton, Wash., in 1945. Jeannie Yandel speaks to Leonard Garfield, director of the Museum of History and Industry, about a time when Seattleites got around on a "swarm of little steamers" known as the Mosquito Fleet.