.jpg) General Miles at dock in Ilwaco, some time between 1882 and 1889.
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| History | |
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| Name | General Miles, later Willapa, Bellingham, and Norco |
| Owner | Ilwaco Rwy & Nav. Co.; Portland Coast & Steamship Co.; Island Trans. Co.; Alaska Steamship Co.; Canadian-Pacific Nav. Co.; Bellingham Bay Trans. Co.; Inland Nav. Co.; Thompson Steamship Co.; Puget Sound Nav. Co.; Straits Steamship Co.; Northland Trans. Co. |
| Route | Columbia River, Grays Harbor, Coos Bay, Tillamook Bay, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, Vancouver Island, Inside Passage, Strait of Juan de Fuca. |
| Launched | June 15, 1882[1] |
| In service | 1882 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Identification | General Miles: US registry #85370;[2] Bellingham: #81313, flag signal letters KDJN.[3] |
| Fate | Scrapped and deliberately burned |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal vessel |
| Tonnage | as built: gross: 127;[2] 1st rebuild: 333 gross, 249 regist.[3] |
| Length | As built: 100 ft (30.48 m); rebuilt: 136 ft (41.45 m), later 140 ft (42.67 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.71 m) |
| Depth | 10.5 ft (3.20 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | two (2) |
| Installed power | steam engine; as of 1891 reported as compound, cylinder bores (high pressure) 16 in (40.6 cm) and (low pressure) 32 in (81.3 cm); stroke 32 in (81.3 cm);[1][4] Unpowered from 1919 to 1922, when a 200 horsepower (150 kW) Fairbanks-Morse semi-diesel engine was installed. |
| Propulsion | propeller |
| Sail plan | Schooner, 1879-1882; sailing barge (unknown rig) 1919-1922. |
| Capacity | As built: 125 passengers; 150 tons freight.[2] |
General Miles was a steamship constructed in 1882 which served in various coastal areas of the states of Oregon and Washington, as well as British Columbia and the territory of Alaska. It was apparently named after US General Nelson A. Miles.
Originally a sailing schooner built in 1879, the General Miles was extensively reconstructed in 1890 and renamed Willapa. In 1903 the name was changed again to Bellingham. After a conversion to diesel power in 1922, the vessel was renamed Norco. The vessel is notable for, among other things, for having been first a sailing vessel from 1879 to 1882, a steamship from 1882 to 1918, a sailing barge from 1919 to 1922, and a motor vessel (diesel-powered) from 1922 to 1950.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Lewiswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Feagans, Railroad that Ran by the Tide, at pages 17, 135, and 137.
- ^ a b U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1909), at page 41.
- ^ Turner, Pacific Princesses gives engine dimensions as 26 in (66.0 cm) and 32 in (81.3 cm); stroke 28 in (71.1 cm), but this appears to be at least in part an error, as the high-pressure cylinder is much too large.