History | |
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Name | Gazelle |
Owner | McLean & Key; O.S. Hosford; Lane Bros. |
Route | Willamette and Columbia rivers; Yaquina Bay; Oregon coast |
Launched | March 16, 1905 |
Identification | U.S. 204750 |
Fate | Abandoned 1929 |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland and coastal excursion launch and ferry (1905-1909; 1910-1911); offshore fishing vessel (1909) |
Length | 50 ft (15.24 m) |
Beam | 12.3 ft (3.75 m) |
Depth | 3.4 ft (1.04 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | Gasoline engine |
Propulsion | propeller |
Capacity | 100 passengers (1911) |
Gazelle was a gasoline powered launch that operated on the Willamette and Columbia river from 1905 to 1911. For short periods of time Gazelle was operated on the Oregon Coast, on Yaquina Bay and also as an off-shore fishing vessel, in the Coos Bay area.