Elk (steam tug)

History
NameElk ex Katherine
Completed1880; rebuilt 1896[1]
Out of service1911
Identification164007 (as rebuilt)[2]
FateBurned
General characteristics
Typeinland steamboat
LengthAs built: 44.3 ft (13.50 m);[3] as rebuilt: 64 ft (19.51 m)[2]
BeamAs built: 11.25 ft (3.43 m);[3] as rebuilt: 15.1 ft (4.60 m)[2]
DepthAs built and as rebuilt: 3.5 ft (1.07 m) depth of hold[2][3]
Installed powersteam engine
Propulsionpropeller

Elk was a steam tug that operated on Puget Sound, and earlier, from 1880 to 1896, on Lake Washington under the name of Katherine.

  1. ^ McCurdy Marine History, at 4, 168, 358.
  2. ^ a b c d 1909 Annual Merchant Shipping Report, at 190.
  3. ^ a b c Lewis & Dryden Marine History, at 375, 397, and 483/