Portland (1875 tugboat)
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| Name | Portland, Clayoquat, Phoenix |
| Route | Columbia River, Puget Sound, coastal British Columbia |
| Launched | April 9, 1875[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steam tug, inland steamboat, cannery tender[2] |
| Length | 75.7 ft (23.07 m)[2] |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.88 m)[2] |
| Depth | 6 ft (1.83 m)[2] |
| Installed power | compound steam engine[2] |
| Propulsion | propeller |
Portland was a steam tug built in Portland, Oregon, United States. This vessel was also known as Clayoquat and Phoenix.
Career
Portland was launched on April 9, 1875 in Portland, Oregon. The vessel was operated for 15 years on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, and then was transferred to Puget Sound.[1] From 1891 to 1895, Portland operated out of Everett, Washington, piloted by Captain James Hastings.
Drift and recovery
In 1897, Portland was hauled out at
Port Renfrew, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Clayoquat later passed to the H.Bell-Irving Company, and was used by them as a cannery tender
under the name Phoenix.
See also
References
- ^ a b Wright, E.W. (1895). Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co. pp. 233–234. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ a b c d e Newell, Gordon R., ed. (1966). H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle, Washington: Superior Publishing Co. p. 20.
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