Dove (steamboat)

Dove
History
NameDove ex Typhoon
OwnerMcDowell Trans. Co.; others
RouteColumbia River, Grays Harbor, Puget Sound
Completed1889 at Portland, Oregon
In service1889
Out of servicesome time after 1916
Fateuncertain
General characteristics
Tonnage196-tons
Length93.0 ft (28.3 m)[1]
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller-drive

The Dove was a 196-ton propeller-driven steamboat built in Portland, Oregon in 1889. Launched as Typhoon, she operated in the late 1890s and early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and also for a time on Grays Harbor. She was later converted into a tug.

  1. ^ Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea -- the Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats, at 207, Binford & Mort, Portland, OR (2nd Ed. 1960)