&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Liberty_(sternwheeler).jpg) Liberty somewhere on the Coquille River or on a waterway connected to Coos Bay.
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| History | |
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| Name | Liberty |
| Port of registry | Coos Bay, Oregon |
| Builder | Carl Herman, at Bandon, Oregon |
| In service | 1903 |
| Out of service | 1918 |
| Identification | U.S. 200083 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freight |
| Tonnage | 174 gross tons; 120 registered tons |
| Length | 90.7 ft (27.65 m) |
| Beam | 20.8 ft (6.34 m) |
| Decks | two |
| Installed power | Twin steam engines, horizontally mounted. |
| Propulsion | Sternwheel |
Liberty was a sternwheel steamboat that was operated on the Coquille River and then on Coos Bay from 1903 to 1918. Liberty was notable for having its ownership entangled in various legal claims in the early 1910s, including some involving a colorful North Bend, Oregon business promoter Lorenzo Dow "Major" Kinney (1855-1920).