Hyak (1909 steamboat)

Hyak
History
United States
NameHyak
RoutePuget Sound
Completed1909, Portland, Oregon
Out of service1941
FateAbandoned.
General characteristics
Tonnage195[1]
Length134 ft (40.8 m)
Installed powertriple expansion steam engine[1]
Propulsionpropeller

Hyak was a wooden-hulled steamship that operated on Puget Sound from 1909 to 1941. This vessel should not be confused with the sternwheeler Hyak which ran on the extreme upper reach of the Columbia River at about the same time. The name means "swift" or "fast" in the Chinook Jargon.

  1. ^ a b Newell, ed. H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 159 and 466.