Hyak
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hyak |
Route | Puget Sound |
Completed | 1909, Portland, Oregon |
Out of service | 1941 |
Fate | Abandoned. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 195[1] |
Length | 134 ft (40.8 m) |
Installed power | triple expansion steam engine[1] |
Propulsion | propeller |
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.