Steamer John H. Couch sometime between 1863 and 1870.
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History | |
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Route | Willamette and Columbia rivers |
Builder | John Bruce |
Identification | U.S. # 13622 |
Fate | Dismantled |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | riverine all-purpose |
Tonnage | 255.24 gross register tons |
Length | 122 ft (37.2 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) over hull (exclusive of guards). |
Installed power | steam engines, with bore of 14.375 in (365.1 mm) and stroke of 54 ft (16.46 m). |
Propulsion | side-wheels |
John H. Couch was a side-wheel driven steamboat that operated on the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers from 1863 to 1873. Informally the vessel was known as the Couch.