 Carrie Ladd
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Owner | John C. Ainsworth and Jacob Kamm[1] |
| Builder | John T. Thomas, Oregon City, Oregon[1] |
| Launched | October 1858[2] |
| Maiden voyage | February 9, 1859[2] |
| Out of service | 1864 |
| Fate | Dismantled, converted to engines to Nez Perce Chief[1][2] |
| Notes | Acquired by Oregon Steam Navigation Company in 1860.[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland shallow draft steamboat, wooden hull |
| Tonnage | 128 gross[3] |
| Length | 126 ft (38 m)[1] |
| Beam | 24.4 ft (7 m)[1] |
| Depth | 4.6 ft (1 m) depth of hold[1] |
| Installed power | steam, twin high-pressure engines, 16" bore by 66" stroke, horizontally mounted, 17 nominal horsepower, built in Wilmington, Delaware[1][2] |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
The Carrie Ladd was an important early steamboat on the lower Columbia and lower Willamette rivers. The vessel established the basic design of the Columbia River steamboat, which was later used throughout the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Alaska, and the Yukon.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicolls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000
- ^ a b c d Wright, E.W., ed., Lewis and Dryden Marine History of the Northwest, at 85-86, Lewis and Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR 1895
- ^ Marshall, Don, Oregon Shipwrecks, at 205, Binford & Mort Publishing, Portland, OR 1984 ISBN 0-8323-0430-1