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| History | |
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| Name | Cowlitz |
| Owner | Columbia & Cowlitz Transportation Company; Smith Transportation Company; Shaver Transportation Company; Columbia River Navigation Company |
| Route | Columbia, Cowlitz, and lower Willamette rivers. |
| Builder | Portland Shipbuilding Company. |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Identification | U.S. 214769 |
| Fate | Sunk in Columbia River, near The Dalles, July 30, 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | riverine towboat |
| Tonnage | 99 gross; 72 registered. |
| Length | As built 102.9 ft (31.4 m) over hull (exclusive of fantail) |
| Beam | 26.6 ft 9 in (8.3 m) over hull (exclusive of guards |
| Depth | 4.8 ft 0 in (1.46 m) |
| Decks | two (main and passenger) |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, each with bore of 14 in (360 mm) and stroke of 6 ft (180 cm); 390 indicated horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
Cowlitz was a shallow-draft sternwheeler built for service on the Cowlitz River in southwestern Washington State. The vessel also served on the Columbia River. Cowlitz was in service from 1917 until September 1931, when, not far from The Dalles, Oregon, it sank in the Columbia river in a storm.