Portland (1947 tugboat)

Portland passing under the Steel Bridge in 2012
History
United States
NamePortland
OwnerOregon Maritime Museum[1]
Port of registry United States
BuilderNorthwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Oregon[1]
Cost$472,000 ($6.44 million in today's dollars)[2]
LaunchedMay 24, 1947[3]
In serviceAugust 29, 1947[1][3]
Out of service1981
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
TypeShallow draft inland tug
Tonnage
Length219 ft (67 m)[2]
Beam42.1 ft (12.8 m)[2]
Draft5.5 ft (1.7 m)[2]
Installed power2 × one-cylinder, 900 hp (670 kW) steam engines[2]
Propulsion25 ft (7.6 m) diameter, 26 ft (7.9 m) wide stern paddlewheel[2]
Crewtwo 7-man shifts and 1 cook[2]
Portland (steam tug)
Portland preparing to dock
Portland (1947 tugboat) is located in Portland, Oregon
Portland (1947 tugboat)
LocationPortland, Oregon, berthed on the Willamette River at the foot of SW Pine Street
Coordinates45°31′13″N 122°40′11″W / 45.520142°N 122.669768°W / 45.520142; -122.669768
Built1947 (1947)
Built byNorthwest Marine Iron Works
NRHP reference No.97000847[5][6]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 1997[6]

Portland (or the Portland) is a sternwheel steamboat built in 1947 for the Port of Portland, Oregon, in the United States.[7]

The Portland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and presently hosts the Oregon Maritime Museum which owns the vessel. The vessel is moored at the Willamette River seawall next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "History". Oregon Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Portland, Steam Tug" (pdf). National Park Service. February 15, 1997. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
    "Accompanying Photos" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Stewart, Bill (February 13, 1997). "Paddle-wheel vessel Portland celebrates its 50th birthday". The Oregonian. Portland Zoner section, p. 3.
  4. ^ "Str. PORTLAND". steamboats.org. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference OPRD list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Parker, Dana T. (January 1995). "The Portland Gets a Second Chance". Sternwheeler, Vol. XIX, No. 1, p. 34. American Sternwheeler Association, Marietta, Ohio.